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STS-51-G was the eighteenth flight of NASA’s Space Shuttle program and the fifth flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. The seven-day mission launched from Kennedy Space Center Florida on June 17 1985 and landed at Edwards Air Force Base California on June 24. Sultan Salman Al Saud of 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.
