He captioned the video as "A gift from the ISS to the children of Saudi King Salman on these blessed nights".


Dubai: United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi shared a video of Saudi Arabia's Masjid al-Haram and Masjid Nabawi from the International Space Station (ISS).
Emirati astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi is currently on a six-month long mission of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) aboard the ISS and from there he shares regular updates on his Twitter account.
Earlier on Monday, the video shared on the occasion of 27th night of Ramadan, it can be seen in the video that Masjid-al-Haram and Masjid-e-Nabawi are visible in the darkness seen on the ground from space.
He captioned the video as "A gift from the ISS to the children of Saudi King Salman on these blessed nights".
من محطة الفضاء الدولية،
— Sultan AlNeyadi (@Astro_Alneyadi) April 17, 2023
إهداء لعيال سلمان في هذه الليالي المباركة ?⭐️
إهداء لبلاد الحرمين الشريفين، مهبط الوحي وأرض الرسالة، المملكة العربية السعودية. ?? pic.twitter.com/3OQTg4CgXb
It is pertinent to note that on April 28, Sultan Al-Neyadi will be part of a six-and-a-half-hour long 'spacewalk' along with NASA flight engineer Stephen Bowen, after which he will become the first Arab astronaut to walk in space.
UAE astronaut Sultan Al-Neyadi launched his journey into space from the Kennedy Space Station on March 2 as part of NASA's mission to conduct experiments on human cell development in microgravity.

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