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Astronauts
Muhammed Faris

Retired· Roscosmos · Syrian

Muhammed Faris

Muhammed Ahmed Faris (Arabic: محمد أحمد فارس‎ Muḥammad ʾAḥmad Fāris; born 26 May 1951) is a Syrian military aviator. He was the first Syrian and the second...

Spaceflights

1

first flight

Time in space

7days

Spacewalks

0

Flights

Success· Flight 1

Soyuz TM-3

Launched: Jul 22, 1987 · 01:59 UTC
Rocket: Soyuz-U2
From: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Destination: Mir
Landed: Jul 30, 1987

Crewmates

Aleksandr ViktorenkoRoscosmos
Aleksandr Pavlovich AleksandrovRoscosmos

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Biography

Muhammed Ahmed Faris (Arabic: محمد أحمد فارس‎ Muḥammad ʾAḥmad Fāris; born 26 May 1951) is a Syrian military aviator. He was the first Syrian and the second Arab in space.

Facts

Agency: Roscosmos
Status: Retired
Nationality: Syrian
Born: May 26, 1951
First flight: Jul 22, 1987

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