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Biography of Muhammed Faris - Astronaut
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Muhammed Faris (born May 26 1951) is a former Syrian cosmonaut. Born in Aleppo, Syria, he was a pilot in the Syrian Airforce with the rank of a colonel. He specialized in navigation when he was selected as a cosmonaut on September 30 1985. He flew as Research Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-3 in July 1987, spending 7 days 23 hours and 5 minutes in space. After his spaceflight returned to the Syrian Air Force and lives now again in Aleppo. He is married and has three children. astronaut-stub
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