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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 the first member of a royal family to fly in space, the first Arab to fly in space, and the first Muslim to fly in space, as well as (at 28 years old) the youngest person ever to fly on the Space Shuttle. On 27 December 2018, he was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Space Commission at the rank of minister.

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Born	Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 27 June 1956 (age 69) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Zodiac	Cancer
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Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia · Family Member · 1876-1953 · Founder and first king of Saudi Arabia (r. 1932-1953) edit info

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