Sultan bin Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud (Arabic: سلطان بن سلمان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود is a former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot who flew aboard the STS-51-G Space Shuttle mission as a Payload Specialist. He is the only Saudi citizen to travel in space. He was also the first Arab, the first Muslim, and the first member of royalty in space.
Sultan was born in Riyadh on June 27, 1956. He is the second eldest son of the Minister of Defence and Aviati...
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Sultan bin Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud (Arabic: سلطان بن سلمان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود is a former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot who flew aboard the STS-51-G Space Shuttle mission as a Payload Specialist. He is the only Saudi citizen to travel in space. He was also the first Arab, the first Muslim, and the first member of royalty in space.
Sultan was born in Riyadh on June 27, 1956. He is the second eldest son of the Minister of Defence and Aviation, Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz. His mother is Sultana bin Turki al Sudairi. He is full brother of Fahd, Ahmed, Abdulaziz, Faisal and Hussa.
Sultan completed his elementary and secondary education in Riyadh. He held a master's in Social and Political Science from Syracuse University in 1999.
In 1982, he was appointed to the position of researcher in the Department of International Communications at the Ministry of Information in Saudi Arabia.
In 1984, he served as Deputy Director, Saudi Media Committee for the Saudi athletes at the Olympics in...
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