Biographies of International Astronauts

Al Neyadi

Sultan Saif Muftah Hamad

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates
Sultan Al Neyadi

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Personal data

Birthdate:  23.05.1981
Birthplace:  Umm Ghafa kolo Al-Ajn
Marital status:  married
Children:  six
Selection date:  03.09.2018
Selection group:  UAE
Position:  MS
Status:  Ret. 06.01.2024

Spaceflights

No. Mission Position Time Duration
1  SpaceX Crew-6 / ISS-68 / ISS-69  MS / Flight Engineer  02.03. - 04.09.2023 185d 22h 42m 
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Total  185d 22h 42m 
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Backup assignments

No. Mission Position
1  Soyuz MS-15  Spaceflight Participant

Additional information

Thirty-seven-year-old Sultan Saif Muftah Hamad Al Niyadi has a Ph.D. in Data Leakage Prevention Technology from Griffith University in Australia that he had obtained in 2016, as well as a Master’s degree in Information and Networks Security from the same university, a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Brighton University in the United Kingdom, UK, and completed a general education programme in IT in the UK in 2001.

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Last update on January 07, 2024.

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