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Sultan bin Salman Al Saud (Arabic: سلطان بن سلمان آل سعود; Sulṭān bin Salmān Āl Suʿūd; born 27 June 1956) is a Saudi prince and former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot who flew aboard the American STS-51-G Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist.
Apr 30, 2024 · Sultan ibn Salman Al Saud, astronaut who was the first Saudi Arabian citizen, the first Arab, the first Muslim, and the first member of a royal family to travel into space. In 2015 his father, Salman ibn Abd al-Aziz, became king of Saudi Arabia. Learn more about Sultan’s life and career.
Jun 17, 2020 · Updated 17 June 2020. Jonathan Gornall. June 17, 2020 15:41. The astronaut blasted off on NASA’s Discovery space shuttle on June 17, 1985. LONDON: Thirty-five years ago today, at 2:33 p.m. Riyadh...
Sultan bin Salman (Arabic: سلطان بن سلمان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود) (born 27 June 1956) is a former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot who flew aboard the STS-51-G Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist, and a member of the House of Saud. He is thus the first astronaut of royal blood, and the first Arab and Muslim ...
Salman bin Sultan Al Saud ( Arabic: سلمان بن سلطان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود; born 2 February 1976) is the former assistant secretary general of the Saudi Arabian National Security Council for intelligence and security affairs as well as the former deputy defense minister. He is a member of House of Saud [1] and has ...
Sultan bin Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Sa'ud is the first Saudi, first Arab, first Muslim, and first Middle Easterner in space. PERSONAL HISTORY. Prince Sultan was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 27 June 1956. A prince of the Saudi royal family, he is the grandson of the founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, King Abd al-Aziz Al Sa'ud.
Prince Sultan bin Salman Al-Saud, the recently appointed chairman of the Saudi Space Commission, was aboard Discovery when it launched into space on NASA Mission STS-51G on June 17, 1985.
