Photos: UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi's journey home after six-month mission on ISS

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Photos: UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi's journey home after six-month mission on ISS

'Sultan of Space' completes longest space mission in Arab history

Published: September 04, 2023 09:46 Compiled by Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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ISS — First view from inside the Dragon ahead of undocking procedures from the ISS. Image Credit: Screengrab

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ISS6 — Sultan Al Neyadi puts on his spacesuit and helmet. Image Credit: NASA/X

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NASA1 — Dragon successfully undocks from ISS. Image Credit: NASA/X

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NASA3 — Upon departing the station, Dragon underwent a sequence of departure burns. The crew had a rest period and has since kicked off preparations for reentry, including getting in their launching reentry suits and successfully performing a leak check. Image Credit: NASA/X

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20230904 spacex — The spacecraft executes a series of departure burns to move away from the ISS. Dragon will reenter the Earth's atmosphere and splash down in ~ 17 hours. Image Credit: Twitter/SpaceX

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20230904 dragon endeavour — SpaceX 's Dragon Endeavour delighted many as it streaked across Florida skies. Image Credit: Twitter/NASA

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20230904 spaceX — The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is seen as it lands with NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren "Woody" Hoburg, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev aboard in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida.. Image Credit: AFP

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20230904 live view wb57 — Dragon Endeavour during re-entry. Signals lost as blackout time begins. There is no communication with the spacecraft possible now. The loss of signal will last for 7 minutes due to the plasma formation during re-entry Image Credit: youtube/NASA

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20230904 nasa — Blackout period ends and communication signals are back. Image Credit: youtube/NASA

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Nasa6 — Dragon’s two drogue parachutes have been deployed, slowing down the spacecraft’s descent. Image Credit: NASA/X

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20230904 dragon — Crew-6 members including Sultan Al Neyadi splash down off the coast of Florida. Parachutes are cut down and released Image Credit: AFP

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20230904 splashdown neyadi — Support teams work around the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren "Woody" Hoburg, UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev aboard in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. Image Credit: AFP

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Nasa9 — SpaceX recovery vessel approaches the Dragon for recovery. Image Credit: NASA/X

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dragon1 — Recovery team members are now on the capsule. Image Credit: NASA/X

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dragon3 — SpaceX recovery vessel Megan approaches Dragon for recovery. Image Credit: NASA/X

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dragon4 — The Dragon capsule will soon be lifted on to the recovery platform of the Recovery Vessel Megan using hydraulic lift Image Credit: NASA/X

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dragon5 — Dragon Endeavour is now placed into the nest of SpaceX recovery vessel Megan. Image Credit: NASA/X

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20230904 splashdown 8 — First view from inside the Dragon after it was nested onto the recovery vessel. The crew members are now waiting to egress. Image Credit: youtube/NASA

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dragon7 — Dragon hatch opened. Image Credit: NASA/X

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20230904 sultan al neyadi — Sultan Al Neyadi egresses from the Dragon Endeavour capsule. Al Neyadi is the last crew member of Crew-6 to exit the capsule Image Credit: youtube/NASA

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20230904 al neyadi — UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN after he, NASA astronauts Warren "Woody" Hoburg, Stephen Bowen, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev landed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida after six-months in space as part of Expedition 69 aboard the International Space Station. Image Credit: AFP

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