# Muslims. In. Space. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 13, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslims-in-space/97957 "2002-03-13T00:52:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![heptapod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@heptapod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heptapod)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslims-in-space/97957/1 "2002-03-13T00:52:13Z")
Which way would Muslims face if they were in space? Whether they’re on Mars or made their way to another solar system. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslims-in-space/97957/2 "2002-03-13T00:55:46Z")
In the Solar System–towards Earth. Out-System—towards Sol. Simple. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslims-in-space/97957/3 "2002-03-13T01:23:00Z")
The place to start for an official answer would be with [Prince Sultan Ibn Salman Ibn Abdul Aziz](http://www.astronautix.com/astros/alsaud.htm), who was a mission specialist on STS-51-G in 1985. [This site](http://answering-islam.org/Campbell/s4c2b.html) says: > [@](#): > > The Saudi Arabian religious leaders decided that the astronaut should attach his feet to the space ship and pray three times during a 24 hour day. This is a perfectly logical decision, but there is no place that prophesies this in the Qur’an. I suspect that the direction he prayed in was “down.”