Abu Dhabi: With a UAE astronaut going on a mission during Ramadan, the question has come up whether he will fast on the space station?
Along with this, the question has also arisen in the minds of the common people, how to fast on the space station, however, the answer of the astronaut Sultan Al-Niyadi explains the matter very well in this regard.
According to the news agency AFP, the 41-year-old astronaut of the United Arab Emirates, Sultan Al-Niyadi, will be the first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates to spend 6 months in the International Space Station. shall be.
When Astronaut Sultan Al-Niyadi was asked in a press conference how he would fast in the upcoming Ramadan, he replied that since the fast lasts from before sunrise to sunset, his circumstances will be exceptional, that is, he will be exempted from the restriction of Ramadan fasting during their space mission.
He said that “I will be in the state of travel, the facility to skip fasting during the journey has been given, it is not necessary for passengers to fast.”
It should be noted that Sultan Al Nayadi will be the second citizen of the UAE to travel to space, in September 2019, Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansoori spent eight days in the International Space Station.
Al-Niyadi, NASA’s Stephen Boyne, Warren Hoberg and Russia’s Andrey Fadeev will depart on February 26 on the mission, dubbed SpaceX Dragon Crew Six.
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