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Having achieved the feat of becoming the first Arab astronaut to complete a long-duration mission in space, UAE’s Sultan Al Neyadi has now achieved another feat. Al Neyadi is now the first Arab astronaut to go on a spacewalk.
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Sultan Al Neyadi left the space station at 1.42pm on Saturday, April 29, accompanied by NASA astronaut Steve Bowen. It lasted for seven hours.
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They were released to install cables and insulation on the Starboard Truss of the Space Station. This is to accommodate two new ISS Roll-Ot Solar Arrays (iROSA). So far four iROSAs have been installed on the station. The new two will be fitted by Al Neyadi and Bowen.
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