birth_place mission nationality article_title birth_date insignia rank image time name type occupation
riyadh , saudi arabia sts-51-g saudi arabian sultan bin salman al saud
 27 june 1956 30px colonel , royal saudi air force sultan salman al-saud . jpg 7d 01h 38m sultan bin salman bin abdulaziz al saud payload specialist fighter pilot
sultan bin salman al saud

sultan bin salman bin abdulaziz al saud -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- born 27 june 1956 -rrb- 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 and muslim to fly in outer space .
