Trailblazing Syrian Cosmonaut Muhammed Faris Passes Away at 72

The aerospace community mourns the loss of Muhammed Faris, the pioneering Syrian astronaut and the second Arab to enter space, following his impactful journey aboard Soyuz TM-3 to the Mir space station in 1987.

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