Saudi Arabia: Sultan Bin Salman steps back from space


Issue 1125 - 06 May 2021 | 1 minute read

Prince Sultan Bin Salman Al-Saud, son of King Salman and the first Arab in space in 1985, has been replaced as chairman of the Saudi Space Commission, a position he has held since the body was set up in December 2018.

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