In a tweet, UAE Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi shared a video of him floating around the International Space Station (ISS), and gave the world a guided tour of the orbital outpost.
He greeted everyone by starting the video with the traditional Arab-Islamic greeting of Assalamualaikum, which means “peace be upon you.”
He then floats around the ISS and interacts with a fellow astronaut onboard, who is busy capturing the views of Earth with his own camera.
“Sharing with you my first views of Earth from the Cupola Observational Module aboard the ISS. The further we journey from Earth, the more we realize just how precious it truly is. Let us cherish and preserve this incredible planet we call home,” he said in the tweet.
Sharing with you my first views of Earth from the Cupola Observational Module aboard the ISS. The further we journey from Earth, the more we realize just how precious it truly is. Let us cherish and preserve this incredible planet we call home. pic.twitter.com/kGzOHpJPQn
— Sultan AlNeyadi (@Astro_Alneyadi) March 9, 2023
It was also said in the video that the ISS is in Africa at the time of recording.
