UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi welcomes Crew-7 aboard ISS

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UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi and his crewmates aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have held a welcome ceremony for Crew-7 astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli, Andreas Mogensen, Satoshi Furukawa and cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov.

The Crew-7 astronauts left the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida aboard a SpaceX provider rocket to start their journey on the ISS, the place they are going to spend six months finishing up scientific investigations and station upkeep. 

Astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi and his crewmates aboard the ISS, in the course of the welcoming ceremony of Crew-7 astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli Andreas Mogensen (ESA), Satoshi Furukawa (JAXA), and cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov (Roscosmos). pic.twitter.com/OmPUrAdecS

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The crew’s flight had been delayed as NASA took extra time to make sure all of the spacecraft’s methods have been working correctly. 

Al Neyadi is because of start his journey dwelling on September 1 along with his three colleagues on the ISS.