Abdul Ahad Momand
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Abdul Ahad Momand was an Afghan cosmonaut and aviator. He became the first, and so far the only, Afghan citizen to journey to outer space. He was one of Soyuz TM-6's crew members and spent nine days a
Abdul Ahad Momand
Muhammed Faris
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Muhammed Ahmed Faris was a Syrian military aviator and astronaut. He was the first Syrian and the second Arab in space.
Abdul Ahad Momand
…to be officially spoken in space. He became the first Afghan citizen and the fourth Muslim to visit outer space, after Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, Muhammed Faris, and Musa Manarov. Following the collapse of Mohammad Najibullah's left-wing government, amidst the civil war that followed the Soviet withdrawal…
Faris in 2012