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An Emirati astronaut has an end-of-Ramadan greeting from space. Sultan al-Neyadi, 41, sent an Eid al-Fitr message to the world from the International Space Station. Eid al-Fitr a short holiday that the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan is by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and service to community. Mr al-Neyadi is on a six-month mission in space. He will the first Arab to a spacewalk when he a six-hour task of maintaining and equipment on the orbiting space station. In his Eid message, al-Neyadi : "May this special occasion peace, happiness, and prosperity to the whole world."

Mr al-Neyadi has a lot of footage of Earth while on his mission. In particular, he has millions of Muslims with images of the holy site of Mecca in the dark of night. His achievements have an interest in technology among his compatriots in the UAE. He has many questions about fasting in space. Most adult Muslims are required to from dawn to dusk as one of the five Pillars of Islam. Al-Neyadi that fasting was different in space. This is because he has to activities "that could the mission or put crew members at risk." He said he needed sufficient food "to any escalation of a lack of nutrition or hydration".