Sultan bin Salman (yes! he's the son of the newly installed King of Saudi) is a former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot who flew aboard the STS-51-G Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist and a member of the House of Saud. He is thus the first astronaut of royal blood, and the first Arab and Muslim to fly in outer space.
Sultan was born in Riyadh on 27 June 1956. He is the second son of King Salman. His mother is Sultana bint Turki Al Sudairi who died in July 2011. She was a daughter of Prince Salman's uncle, Turki bin Ahmad Al Sudairi,[5] who was one of the former governors of Asir Province. Prince Sultan other full brothers are Fahd, Ahmed, Abdulaziz, Faisal and Hussa
