[DOC] [TLE] Saudi's Prince Sultan, the first Arab in space | The National [PAR] Apr 9, 2015 ... While Arab astronauts have never actually set foot on the Moon, they have made 
... On June 17, 1985, Prince Sultan, a Saudi air force fighter pilot, blasted off from 
... The Prince became a hero and an icon across the region. [DOC] [TLE] Emirates urged to train its own astronauts | The National [PAR] Dec 10, 2009 ... Arab countries can be 'contributors to the future of humanity' with space ... In the 
summer of 1985, Prince Sultan became the first Arab and... [DOC] [TLE] Saudi Aramco World : A Prince in Space [PAR] Prince Sultan, French scientist Patrick Baudry, and Americans Daniel ... "A very, 
very good job," said Prince Sultan as Arabsat-B - an in-orbit backup for the first 
Arab ... (see Aramco World, March-April 1985) - spun out of Discovery's cargo 
bay. .... out of the earth's atmosphere into space, he officially became an "
astronaut.". [DOC] [TLE] Sultan ibn Salman Al Saud | Saudi royal and astronaut | Britannica ... [PAR] Mar 23, 2015 ... The first Saudi Arabian citizen, the first Arab, the first Muslim, and the first ... 
Alternative Titles: Prince Sultan ibn Salman Abd al-Aziz al-Saud, Sultan Salman 
Abdulaziz al-Saud ... and on June 17, 1985, Sultan flew on the space shuttle 
Discovery as ... Upon his return, Sultan became a founding member of the... [DOC] [TLE] Profile: King Salman of Saudi Arabia [PAR] He became minister of defence in 2011 and was named successor to the throne 
... He was governor of Riyadh for nearly 50 years, from 1963, during which time 
he presided over the development of the country's capital ... Prince Sultan, 
became the first Arab astronaut when he flew on the US space shuttle Discovery 
in 1985. [DOC] [TLE] Prince Sultan bin Salman Al Saud - Wikipedia [PAR] Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (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 ... Sultan 
bin Salman served in the Royal Saudi Air Force beginning in 1985... [DOC] [TLE] arab - Do Unto Others Project [PAR] Prince Sultan's voyage to space  in the space shuttle Discovery  wa s not the 
... The rocket carried Arabsat-A, the Arab world's first communications satellite 
and ... efforts to catch up again now being made in such countries as Saudi 
Arabia. .... Between June 17 and June 24, 1985, hours of live telecasting from the 
Cape... [DOC] [TLE] Articles about Prince Sultan - latimes [PAR] April 29, 1985 | From Reuters ... worry Saudi Arabian Prince Sultan ibn Salman, 
the first Muslim, first Arab and first royal astronaut. ... of attacks inside the kingdom 
became a close Washington ally against Al Qaeda, died Saturday, ... Nayif was 
an authoritarian who backed the country's puritanical Wahabi clerics and cracked
... [DOC] [TLE] 'The Sultans of Space': 30 Years Since the Multi-Cultural Mission of ... [PAR] Jun 14, 2014 ... Three decades ago, on 17 June 1985, the seven-strong crew of the 18th .... For 
the NASA astronauts, having someone of a profoundly different ... Sultan Abdul-
Aziz Al-Saud became the first member of a royal family to fly into orbit. ... that the 
Arab world might find it offensive for one of their princes to be seen... [DOC] [TLE] Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Dr ... - One Planet book [PAR] Aug 10, 2011 ... very first Arab and Moslem Astronaut Mission in space. In 1985, Prince Sultan Bin 
Salman Al Saud ... importance to all Arab countries. It includes the ..... After I 
retired from NASA I became a test pilot at Boeing in Seattle. [DOC] [TLE] Saudi king prepares to name new crown prince |

Question: In 1985 this country's Prince Sultan became the first Arab astronaut
Answer: Saudi Arabia