Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1985.
1Flight
7d 1hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 27 June 1956) is a former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot who flew aboard the American STS-51-G Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist, and a member of the House of Saud. He is thus the first member of a royal family to be an astronaut, and the first Arab and Muslim to fly in space.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Riyadh
- Education
- Syracuse University; University of Denver
- Awards
- Grand Cross of the Order of Excellence; Knight of the Legion of Honour; Kuwait Liberation Medal; Order of Bahrain; Order of Independence; and 5 more
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-GJune 17, 1985
Born 1956-06-27 · age 70