Saudi Arabia announced Sunday that female astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi and male astronaut...
Axiom Space's Ax-2 crew, from left, Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot John Shoffner, Mission Specialist Ali AlQarni and Mission Specialist Rayyanah Barnawi.Saudi Arabia announced Sunday that female astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi and male astronaut Ali AlQarni would be part of Axiom's four-person crew traveling to the International Space Station.
Barnawi, 33, and AlQarni, 31, will be the first two Saudi astronauts to visit the International Space Station. The first Saudi to go to space, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, flew aboard the shuttle in 1985. . He earned a bachelor's degree in aeronautical sciences from King Faisal Air Academy in Saudi Arabia and is a captain in the country's Air Force.
Axiom, founded in 2016, is sending private astronauts to the International Space Station to make money and to gain experience operating in microgravity. The company's bigger project is toAxiom contracted the crew’s ride into space, planned their mission and has overseen months of training. When the Ax-2 crew is in space, Axiom will be in charge of their timeline and will help them conduct research.
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