Private mission carrying first Saudi astronauts to visit ISS set for launch

Private mission carrying first Saudi astronauts to visit ISS set for launch

Space Daily

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Cape Canaveral (AFP) May 21, 2023

A private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) organized by Axiom Space is due to blast off from Florida on Sunday, carrying the first two Saudi astronauts to go to the orbiting laboratory. Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, will become the first Saudi woman to voyage into space and will be joined on the mission by fellow Saudi Ali Al-Qarni, a fighter pilot. The A

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