First name and last name | Sultan bin Salman Al Saud |
Date of birth | 27.06.1956 |
Nationality | Saudi Arabian |
Space Agency | Space Research Institute of Saudi Arabia (KACST-SRI) |
Status | Retired |
Type of astronaut | Non-astronaut passenger |
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_bin_Salman_Al |
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.