26 March, 2011

List of Muslims enclosed who travelled to space


Country
Name
Mission (Launch Date)
Comment
  Saudi Arabia
Sultan Salman Al Saud
STS-51-G (June 17, 1985)
First Arab, and first Muslim in space
 Syria
Muhammed Faris
Mir EP-1 (July 22, 1987)
First Syrian in space
 Soviet Union
Musa Manarov
Mir EO-3 (December 21, 1987)
Soyuz TM-11 (December 2, 1990)
Total of 541 days in space
 Afghanistan
Abdul Ahad Mohmand
Mir EP-3 (August 29, 1988)
First Afghan in space
 Soviet Union
Toktar Aubakirov
Soyuz TM-13 (October 2, 1991)
  Russia / Kazakhstan
Talgat  Musabayev
Soyuz TM-19 (November 4, 1994)
Soyuz TM-27 (August 25, 1998)
Soyuz TM-32 (May 6, 2001)
Total of 341 days in space
 Russia / Kyrgyzstan
Salizhan Sharipov
STS-89 (January 20, 1998)
Expedition 10 (October 14, 2004)
Total of 201 days in space
 Iran / USA
Anousheh Ansari
Soyuz TMA-9 (September 18, 2006)
First female space tourist
 Malaysia
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
Soyuz TMA-11 (October 10, 2007)
First Malaysian in space

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