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UAE Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi Completes Historic Arab Spacewalk After 7Hr Mission
UAE Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi has made history by completing the first Arab spacewalk.
The seven-hour mission was watched by thousands of Arabs, space-lovers, science enthusiasts and people all around the world as Neyadi and fellow astronaut Stephen Bowen of the USA climbed out of a hatch on the International Space Station and entered into space.
The spacewalk began at 5.11pm UAE time and concluded when the astronauts had returned back into an airlock at just after midnight.
Moments after stepping back onto the International Space Station Al Neyadi addressed the world in both English and Arabic.
