During the ceremony, Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz exchanged cordial talks with the Discovery team and guests of the ceremony especially about the details related of the anniversary of Discovery flight, commending the scientific value, which came out this trip and the progress made by the Space and Aviation Research since the launch of Discovery spaceship in 1985 so far. At the end of the ceremony, which was held under the auspices of the Smithsonian Scientific Institute and Saudi Aramco, photos were shot of Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz with astronauts and attendance near Discovery spaceship. The spaceship “Discovery" blasted off into space on the seventeenth of June 1985 in a scientific journey included Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz as the first Arab Muslim astronaut, five US astronauts and a French astronaut, while the reserve team were Saudi pilot Abdul Mohsen Al-Bassam and American Jean-Christian. -- SPA 13:56 LOCAL TIME 10:56 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w