Sultan bin Salman
| Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | |
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| Born |
27 June 1956 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Nationality | Saudi Arabian |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University |
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| House | House of Saud |
| Payload Specialist | |
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Other occupation
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Fighter pilot |
| Rank | Colonel, Royal Saudi Air Force |
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Time in space
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7d 01h 38m |
| Missions | STS-51-G |
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Mission insignia
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Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: سلطان بن سلمان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود) (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 outer space.
Sultan was born in Riyadh on 27 June 1956. He is the second son of King Salman. His older brother Fahad was born 20 July 1955 and died in 2000. His mother is Sultana bint Turki Al Sudairi who died in July 2011. She was a daughter of King Salman's uncle, Turki bin Ahmad Al Sudairi, who was one of the former governors of al-Jouf, Jizan and Asir Province and was a participant in the unification campaign under His cousin, the founder of the Kingdom Abdulaziz ibn Saud. and Prince Sultan is a full brother of Fahd, Ahmed, Abdulaziz, Faisal and Hussa (born 1974).
Sultan completed his elementary and secondary education in Riyadh. He received a master's degree in social and political science with distinction from Syracuse University in 1999.
Sultan bin Salman started his career in 1982 as a researcher in the department of international communications at the Ministry of Information in Saudi Arabia. His tenure lasted until 1984. He served as deputy director of the Saudi media committee for the Saudi athletes participating in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Later that year, the department of TV advertising was created at the Ministry of Information, and he was appointed its acting director.
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