ASTRONAUTS from United Arab Emirates

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Emirati Astronauts of all time. This list of famous Emirati Astronauts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

1. Hazza Al Mansouri (b. 1983)

With an HPI of 44.00, Hazza Al Mansouri is the most famous Emirati Astronaut.  His biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.

Hazzaa AlMansoori (Arabic: هَزَّاع ٱلْمَنْصُوْرِي, romanized: Hazzāʿ Al-Manṣūrī, surname also spelled "Al Mansoori", full name Hazzaa Ali Abdan Khalfan Al Mansoori (هَزَّاع عَلِي عَبْدان خَلْفَان ٱلْمَنْصُوْرِي) is an Emirati astronaut and the first person from the United Arab Emirates in space. In 2019, he embarked on the UAE's first scientific mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission carried the slogan 'Zayed's Ambition', making the UAE the 19th country worldwide, and the first country in the Arab region, to travel to the ISS. He also became the back-up astronaut for Sultan Al Neyadi for the UAE's second mission to the ISS, which is the longest Arab space mission. Previously, he was the UAE's youngest F-16 fighter pilot. On 25 September 2019, he launched aboard the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft to the International Space Station, where he stayed for eight days. He landed safely in Kazakhstan, on 3 October 2019 aboard Soyuz MS-12 completing the United Arab Emirates first astronaut mission.

2. Sultan Al Neyadi (b. 1981)

With an HPI of 41.67, Sultan Al Neyadi is the 2nd most famous Emirati Astronaut.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Sultan Saif Al Neyadi (Arabic: سلطان النيادي; born 23 May 1981) is the UAE Minister of State for Youth Affairs and an astronaut. He is one of the first two Arab astronauts or najmonauts from the United Arab Emirates, along with Hazzaa Al Mansoori. He is the first Arab to serve on the International Space Station (ISS) for a 6-month mission as part of Expedition 69 and the first Arab astronaut to perform a spacewalk. He was sworn in on 11 January 2024 as the United Arab Emirates Minister of Youth. AlNeyadi was the back-up for Hazzaa AlMansoori, in the UAE’s first scientific mission to the ISS in 2019, under the slogan ‘Zayed’s Ambition.’