{"id":19976,"date":"2022-09-25T09:57:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T09:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/saudi-arabia-to-send-first-female-astronaut-to-space-in-2023"},"modified":"2022-09-25T10:01:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T10:01:28","slug":"saudi-arabia-to-send-first-female-astronaut-to-space-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/saudi-arabia-to-send-first-female-astronaut-to-space-in-2023","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia to Send First Female Astronaut to Space in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Saudi Arabia has launched a space program, aimed at conducting scientific research and personnel training, to send the first Saudi female astronaut to space in 2023, the Saudi Space Commission said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaudi Space Commission launched today the Kingdom\u2019s first astronaut program, dedicated to train Saudi competent personnel to undertake long- and short-term space flights,\u201d the commission said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The space program is expected to enable Saudi astronauts to conduct scientific experiments and research \u201cin priority areas such as health, sustainability and space technology,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cOne of the astronauts will be a Saudi woman, whose mission to space will represent a historical first for the Kingdom,\u201d the commission said.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Prince Sultan bin Salman Al-Saud is the first Arab national who traveled to space as part of the STS-51G NASA mission aboard the Discovery spacecraft on June 17, 1985.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\">Lesotho<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. 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