The four-person Ax-2 is scheduled to launch on Sunday (May 21).
Also flying on Ax-2 is John Shoffner, who will serve as the mission's pilot. According to Axiom's, Shoffner prides himself on his advocacy for STEM education and is viewed as a business pioneer. His company, the Dura-Line Corporation, found worldwide success in the fiber optic cable industry during the 1980s.era, Shoffner and other neighborhood friends formed their own"astronaut club," and by the age of 17, he was already flying airplanes.
Rounding out the crew is another mission specialist from Saudi Arabia, Rayyanah Barnawi. Barnawi is a biomedical researcher, with expertise in cancer stem cell research and tissue reengineering. Many of Barnawi's experiments on the station will be in the field of breast cancer research. AlQarni and Barnawi are members of Saudi Arabia's first astronaut class. They'll be the first people from the kingdom ever to visit the ISS and just the second and third to fly to space. Barnawi will be theThe science on Ax-2
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