March 3 was a big day for rookie astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — it was his first day in orbit. But his off-Earth experience is about to become even more memorable.
On April 28, Al Neyadi is scheduled to perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS). The 6.5-hour extravehicular activity (EVA) will be the first ever for an Arab astronaut, and it will make the UAE the 10th country with a spacewalking citizen.
