Two astronauts from Saudi Arabia, together with the primary Saudi girl, will blast off from Florida on Might 8 on a non-public mission to the Worldwide House Station (ISS), Axiom House and NASA officers mentioned Thursday.
Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast most cancers researcher, will change into the primary Saudi girl to voyage into house and will probably be joined on the mission by fellow Saudi Ali Al-Qarni, a fighter pilot.
Additionally on board will probably be Peggy Whitson, a former NASA astronaut who will probably be making her fourth flight to the ISS, and John Shoffner, a businessman from Tennessee who will function pilot.
Liftoff of Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for 10:43 pm Jap Time on Might 8 (08:13 am IST on Might 9) from the Kennedy House Middle at Cape Canaveral, Axiom House and NASA officers mentioned in a briefing to preview the flight.
The four-member crew will journey to the ISS aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule and spend 10 days aboard the orbiting house station.
The mission to the ISS would be the second by Axiom House, a non-public house firm.
Axiom House carried out its first personal astronaut mission to the ISS in April 2022. 4 astronauts spent 17 days in orbit as a part of Ax-1.
The house mission involving a Saudi girl is the most recent transfer by the dominion to revamp its ultra-conservative picture.
However it’s not the oil-rich kingdom’s first foray into house.
In 1985, Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, an air pressure pilot, took half in a US-organized house voyage.
The neighboring United Arab Emirates has additionally taken half in house missions and an Emirati astronaut, Sultan al-Neyadi, arrived on the ISS a month in the past for a six-month keep.
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