Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A smiling man with a mustache holds a clipboard. Muhammed Faris, who was the first cosmonaut from Syria and second Arab to fly ...

Faris launched aboard Soyuz TM-3 to the Mir space station as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos program. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...