Muhammed Faris

@Aviators, Life Achievements and Facts ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Muhammed Faris is an astronaut and the first Syrian to fly into space Syrian Miscellaneous Astronauts Aviators Gemini Celebrities Muhammed Faris is an astronaut and the first Syrian to fly into space. Besides, he is only the second Arab and Muslim to do so – the first being Saudi Arabia’s Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. After completing his studies in a military school, he served as a colonel and pilot in the Syrian Air Force. It was due to his specialization in navigation that he was selected for the prestigious Interkosmos spaceflight program, as part of Soviet space missions, and got a chance to fly to the Mir orbital space station as the first Syrian astronaut, along with two other Soviet-national cosmonauts. After conducting a series of successful research experiments in the areas of materials processing and space medicine, he traveled back to earth after spending a long week in space. The Soviet government honored him with the highest civilian decoration in the Soviet Union – Order of Lenin. He fled to Turkey in 2012 and joined the armed opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s rule

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Birthday: May 26, 1951 Nationality: Syrian Famous: Miscellaneous, Astronauts, Aviators Spouses: Gind Akil Known as: Muhammed Ahmed Faris, Muhammed Ahmed Adas Birth Place: Aleppo Religion: Islam Information Detail Birthday May 26, 1951 Nationality Syrian Famous Miscellaneous, Astronauts, Aviators Spouses Gind Akil Known as Muhammed Ahmed Faris, Muhammed Ahmed Adas Birth Place Aleppo Religion Islam Gender Male Sun Sign Gemini Born in Aleppo Famous as Aviator

Aleppo

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He is married to Gind Akil and has three children: Gadil, Kutaib and Mir. He named his third child after the Soviet space station, Mir. Unsplash Personal Life

Muhammed Ahmed Faris was born on May 26, 1951 in Aleppo, Syria. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1969, he enrolled in Military Pilot School at the Syrian Air Force Academy, and graduated in 1973 to join Syrian Air Force. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

While serving in the air force, he gradually rose to higher ranks, becoming a colonel. He also worked as an aviation instructor and specialist in navigation later on. Unsplash Career

Since his specialization was navigation, he was short-listed for the Interkosmos spaceflight program and left for a training session to cosmonaut training centre, situated in Star City, Russia, in September 1985. Unsplash Career

He joined the Interkosmos spaceflight program, alongside two Soviet astronauts, flying to the orbiting Mir space station in July 1987. Unsplash Career

Upon successful completion of his space mission, he resumed his services in the Syrian Air Force and settled down in Aleppo, where he started training military pilots as the head of the institute, in 2001. Unsplash Career

In August 2012, he rebelled against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime joined the rebels as a commander in the Free Syrian Army. Unsplash Career

He became the first Syrian to accompany the three-man crew as a research cosmonaut aboard the Soyuz TM-3 in a Soviet space mission to the orbital space station, Mir, on July 22, 1987. Unsplash Major Works

He carried out research experiments in space medicine and materials science, along with two other cosmonauts – Aleksandr Viktorenko and Aleksandr P. Aleksandrov, and returned after 7 days 23 hours 4 minutes on Soyuz TM-2. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	May 26, 1951
Nationality	Syrian
Famous	Miscellaneous, Astronauts, Aviators
Spouses	Gind Akil
Known as	Muhammed Ahmed Faris, Muhammed Ahmed Adas
Birth Place	Aleppo
Religion	Islam
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Gemini
Born in	Aleppo
Famous as	Aviator

Muhammed Faris

Syrian

May 26, 1951

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Aleppo