UAE Astronaut Al Neyadi's Conversation With His Son From Space Will Melt Your Heart

A video of the heartwarming exchange between Neyadi and his son was shared on the microblogging site X (Twitter) by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre.

UAE astronaut Al Neyad converses with his son from space

Source : @MBRSpaceCentre/Twitter

UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, recently created history by becoming the first Arab to be part of a long-term mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Neyadi, who is currently on a six-month space mission to the ISS had an endearing exchange with his sons via video conferencing on Thursday. His sons asked him some adorable questions related to the space station and space.

One of them, Abdalla, when asked his father what he liked best about Earth, Neyadi giving a heartwarming relpy said. ''You are the thing that I love most about Earth.''

''But if you mean what is the best thing I like about space. Abdulla, as you know, we are here in the microgravity environment. We can do several things here that you will like. We can do everything, like flying from one place to another.," he further explained to his son.

A video of the heartwarming exchange between Neyadi and his son was shared on the microblogging site X (Twitter) by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre.

 ''The son of astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi asked him a question about what he likes the most on Earth, during the event "A Call from Space" - Umm Al Quwain edition,'' the caption of the video read.

The son of astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi asked him a question about what he likes the most on Earth, during the event "A Call from Space" - Umm Al Quwain edition.#TheLongestArabSpaceMission pic.twitter.com/TIkDJR4ted

— MBR Space Centre (@MBRSpaceCentre) August 10, 2023

Al Neyadi's father and two of his six children attended the last of the astronaut's 'A Call from Space' events in Umm Al Quwain, in which he spoke live from the Space Station to heads of state and space enthusiasts, reported the National News.