Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, 70th birthday on 27 June

Jun 27, 2026

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˜NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstein, left, His Royal Highness Prince Sultan Salman Al-Saud, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Space Commission, center, and Her Royal Highness Princess Reema Bandar Al Saud, Saudi Arabia™s Ambassador to the US, right, pose for a photograph during a courtesy visit, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-155260 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
51G-102-035 (17-24 June 1985) --- The two payload specialists for the week-long flight share a middeck scene on the earth-orbiting Discovery. Sultan Salman Abdelazize Al-Saud (left) is in the midst of a meal while Patrick Baudry conducts a phase of the French Postural Experiment (FPE) on himself. Sleep restraints are in the background. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-114945 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
51G-21-011 (17-24 June 1985) --- Group portrait on flight deck of all seven STS-51G crew members. Left to right (front) are John O. Creighton, Shannon W. Lucid, Daniel C. Brandenstein; and (back row) are Sultan Salman Abdelazize Al-Saud, Steven R. Nagel, John M. Fabian and Patrick Baudry. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-110552 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
51G-105-030 (17-24 June 1985) --- Payload specialist Sultan Salman Abdelazize Al-Saud participates in the French Postural Experiment (FPE) on the middeck of the earth-orbiting Discovery. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-110320 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
S85-33318 (1985) - Payload Specialist Sultan Salman Abdelazize Al-Saud. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-71405 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
S85-32877 (20 May 1985) --- Seven 51-G crew members take a break from training and other preparations for their June flight aboard the Discovery to pose for a group photograph. Kneeling in front are astronauts Daniel C. Brandenstein (left) and John O. Creighton, commander and pilot, respectively. Astronauts Shannon W. Lucid, Steven R. Nagel and John M. Fabian, mission specialists (l.-r.) join Payload Specialists Sultan Salman Abdelazize Al-Saud (second right) and Patrick Baudry on the back row. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-57542 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
S85-31933 (17 May 1985) --- Four members of the STS 51-G crew participate in a training exercise in the shuttle mission simulation and training facility at the Johnson Space Center. Steven R. Nagel, left foreground, is a mission specialist for the flight, while Sultan Salman Abdelazize Al-Saud (right foreground) is a payload specialist. In the background are astronauts Daniel C. Brandenstein (left) in the commander s station and John O. Creighton in the pilot s position. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-57192 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
51G-04-010 (17 - 24 June 1985) --- Payload Specialist Sultan Salman Abdelize Al-Saud assumes a posture common to the weightlessness environment of space as he logs notes in Discovery?s middeck area. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-2554 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
S85-32002 (17 May 1985) --- The two payload specialists for 51G participate in a training exercise in the Shuttle mission simulation and training facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Patrick Baudry, left, and Sultan Salman Abdelazize Al-Saud were briefed on the launch and entry phases of their upcoming flight. The photo was taken by Otis Imboden. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-2552 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
S85-29788 (May 1985) --- Sultan Salman Abdelazize Al-Saud and Abdulmohsen Hamad Al-Bassam man the controls on the flight deck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT) in the Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-2524 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
S85-29711 (April 1985) --- Ronald C. Epps, right of the training division in the mission operations directorate, briefs the Saudi Arabian payload specialist, Sultan Salman Abdelazize Al-Saud, and his backup, Abdulmohsen Hamad Al-Bassam, in the flight control room (FCR) of the mission control center (MCC). Erlinda Stevenson is also pictured. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-2523 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

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51G-105-030 (17-24 June 1985) --- Payload specialist Sultan Salman Abdelazize Al-Saud participates in the French Postural Experiment (FPE) on the middeck of the earth-orbiting Discovery. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-110320 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

S85-33318 (1985) - Payload Specialist Sultan Salman Abdelazize Al-Saud. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-71405 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

51G-04-010 (17 - 24 June 1985) --- Payload Specialist Sultan Salman Abdelize Al-Saud assumes a posture common to the weightlessness environment of space as he logs notes in Discovery?s middeck area. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-2554 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!