[ Astronauts & Cosmonauts ]

Sultan Salman Abdel-aziz Al-Saud

Born: 27 June 1956, Riyad, Saudi Arabia

Nationality: Saudi

Died: 

Flights:
1 51-G 17 June 1985 7 days, 1 hours, 39 minutes

During the opening ceremony of the I Congress of the Association of Space Explorers (Cernay, France, 2-6 October 1985), Sultan Salman Al-Saud remarked, "The first day or so we all pointed to our countries. The third or fourth day we were pointing to our continents. By the fifth day, we were aware of only one Earth."