Category: Space Facts

First Muslim praying from space towards Mecca #get2space, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor is the first Muslim to pray from space toward Mecca

First Muslim in space during month of Ramadan #get2space, Sheikh Muszaphar Shuko is the first Muslim in space during Ramadan in October 2007 @1001inventions

First Muslim to blog in Space #get2space, Iranian-American Anousheh Ansari is the first to blog in #space @NASA @AnoushehAnsari

First Muslim women in space #get2space, first Muslim women in #space is Iranian-American Anousheh Ansari @NASA @AnoushehAnsari

Second time for two Muslim to meet in space #get2space, the 2nd time two Muslims meet in #space was Sharipov and Musabayev in Jan 29, 1998 on mission on space station Mir

First time two Muslims meet in space #get2space, first two Muslims to meet in #space are Abdul Ahad Mohmand and Colonel Musa Manarov

First Muslim to spend a year in space #get2space, Colonel Musa Manarov from Azarbaijan in 1987 spent 1 year in #space with mission Soyuz TM-4

First Muslim in space #get2space, first muslin in space is Prince Sultan bin Salman AbdulAziz Al-Saud of #KSA in 1985 on #space shuttle discovery @NASA