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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.
Sultan bin Salman Al Saud [1] STS-51-G (June 17, 1985) First Muslim, first Saudi, first Arab, first member of royalty in space.
In 1985, the Arab Organization of Space Communications nominated Sultan bin Salman Al Saud.Originally a civilian pilot holding a commercial pilots licence, [9] Al Saud, a member of the House of Saud, was born in Riyadh, to King Salman of Saudi Arabia, and holds a bachelor's degree of Arts in Media from the University of Denver, Colorado.
Sultan bin Salman Al Saud from Saudi Arabia was on board as a payload specialist; Al Saud became the first Arab, the first Muslim, and the first member of a royal family to fly into space. [2] It was also the first Space Shuttle mission which flew without at least one astronaut from the pre-Shuttle era among its crew.
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud has a lung inflammation and is receiving treatment, Saudi news agency SPA said, prompting the country’s Crown Prince to postpone a scheduled ...
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.
Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz chaired a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, state media said, for the first time since a royal decree issued by him on Aug. 8 allowing the cabinet to convene in ...
It is controlled by Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, whose government has been subject to accusations over human rights violations. Luke Bugeja, chief executive of Ferrovial ...