Turkish artist Halil Altindere with his sculpture of Syrian Cosmonaut Muhammed Ahmed Faris at the Space Refugee exhibition at the British Interplanetary Society in London. Stephen Lock / The National
Turkish artist Halil Altindere with his sculpture of Syrian Cosmonaut Muhammed Ahmed Faris at the Space Refugee exhibition at the British Interplanetary Society in London. Stephen Lock / The National
The Syrian astronaut who is now a refugee 'hopes we can build injustice-free cities in space'
He was the first and only Syrian to ever travel to space, but he now can't travel to London to see an exhibition in his honour