Muhammed Faris Al-Aqidi
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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.
1951 — 2024
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Muhammed Ahmed Faris
Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration", Order of Lenin, Hero of the Soviet Union, Hero of the Republic, Syria, First Syrian Republic, United Arab Republic,
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1951-05-26T00:00:00Z
2024-04-19T00:00:00Z
1951 — 2024 Muhammed Faris Al-Aqidi
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A Syrian and two Soviet cosmonauts during a joint space mission in 1987. One of them is Syrian Muhammed Faris, the first Syrian and second Arab to travel into space.
A Syrian and two Soviet cosmonauts during a joint space mission in 1987. In the middle sits Syrian Muhammed Faris, the first Syrian and second Arab to travel into space.| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | spaceflight | 1987 | Soyuz TM-2 | Soyuz-TM, human spaceflight | Wikidata |
| event | spaceflight | 1987 | Soyuz TM-3 | Soyuz-TM, human spaceflight | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Muhammed Ahmed Faris, Syrian cosmonaut, short before the space flight in 1987 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | A Syrian and two Soviet cosmonauts during a joint space mission in 1987. One of them is Syrian Muhammed Faris, the first Syrian and second Arab to travel into space. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | A Syrian and two Soviet cosmonauts during a joint space mission in 1987. In the middle sits Syrian Muhammed Faris, the first Syrian and second Arab to travel into space. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Syrian postage stamp commemorating the first Syrian and second Arab in history, Mohammed Faris, sent into space, 1987. Contains images of Muhammed Faris itself (left), astronaut team and Hafez al-Assad, Syrian president (right). | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Muhammed Ahmed Faris | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Muhammed Ahmed Faris | Commons | ||



