Background
Abdulmohsen Hamad Al-Bassam was born on December 12, 1948 in Unayzah, Saudi Arabia.
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He graduated from King Faisal Air Academy in Riyadh (Bachelor of Science in Air Science) and was a Fighter pilot at the Royal Saudi Air Force.
Career
He was the back-up payload specialist for Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on STS-51-G.
He later served as the Air Force Attache at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in London, United Kingdom. Selected in April 1985, he served as the back-up payload specialist for STS-51-G Discovery (June 17–24, 1985) on which Arabsat-1B was deployed. With the conclusion of this flight on June 24, 1985, he retired from active duty as a payload specialist.
He later served as the Air Force Attache at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in London, United Kingdom.
