Prince Sultan became the first Arab in space aboard Nasa’s Discovery in 1985
In June 1985, Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud travelled into space aboard the American Space Shuttle Discovery, becoming the first Arab in space. According to Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1985: A Chronology, his journey brought together two parts of his life that rarely shared the same…
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