What is the validity of the claim that the Prophet was the first astronaut?

This is a message received by the program from the listener 'Umar al-Amin al-Shaykh, a Sudanese resident of al-Qasim. He says in his message: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. I hope for an answer to my question. When I was studying in the intermediate stage, one of the teachers posed a question to us and said: Who is the first astronaut? We answered his question that it was a person of Soviet nationality. The teacher told us: The answer is wrong; the first astronaut is: our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), when he was ascended to the heavens, and their vehicle was al-Buraq. Is this correct? Please inform us, may Allah reward you.
Answer: We know nothing on this matter other than what the respondent mentioned, for we do not know anyone who was ascended to the sky and upon whom the five daily prayers were made obligatory other than our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He was ascended to the seventh heaven, until he was above it; and until he heard the speech of the Lord . So if this is described as being an astronaut; this has some plausibility; but it is not correct that he was an astronaut, rather he was ascended to the sky to his Lord (Mighty and Majestic), to impose upon him what He wills, Blessed and Exalted is He. The purpose of this journey is not to traverse space, and to look into space. The purpose of this journey with the angel Jibril (peace be upon him) is to ascend to Allah, and to traverse the heavens, until he reaches what is above the seventh heaven, and until he hears the speech of his Lord. It is not the purpose to traverse space. So what that person said .... has some plausibility from the aspect that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) split the entire space, until he passed the seven layers. It has a face, but it is not the intended meaning of the existing states today; America and the Soviets and others. Their purpose is: testing space, and testing the wonders within it. This is not the intended meaning of what happened to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So the respondent who said: the Soviet, has a face, and the questioner who asked you has a face for his intent, but it does not apply to the intent of people today, and to the purpose of people today, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not travel to traverse space, but rather he traveled by the command of his Lord, to connect with Allah above the seventh heaven, and to hear His speech, Blessed is He, and to obey His command, Exalted and Majestic is He. So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was commanded to make this great journey, and to hear the speech of his Lord, and for Allah to impose upon him these great prayers; which are the greatest pillars of Islam after the two testimonies. And success is from Allah.