Sultan bin Salman (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 STS-51-G Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist and a member of the House of Saud. He is thus the first astronaut of royal blood and the first Arab and Muslim to fly in outer space.
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