Here’s how to watch first spacewalk of UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi

Here’s how to watch first spacewalk of UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi

Dubai: US Space Agency NASA has revealed more details about the first Arab spacewalk by UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, including when and where space aficionados can watch the historic mission. Earlier, on April 6, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and President of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), had announced that the UAE’s second astronaut currently on the longest Arab space mission on the International Space Station (ISS) will conduct the first-ever spacewalk by an Arab on April 28. The ‘Sultan of Space’ is set to perform the historic mission outside the ISS along with his crew mate, NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen. NASA said that the two crew members living aboard the ISS will conduct the spacewalk “to continue installation of hardware to support future power system upgrades” to improve the space station’s power generation capability. Agency experts will preview the spacewalk during a live news conference at 2pm EDT (10pm GST) on April 24 from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, the agency said in a media advisory. “The historic spacewalk is scheduled to begin at about 9.15am (5.45pm UAE time) on Friday, April 28,” NASA revealed. It is expected