2023-05-22 12:35:22
(LaPresse) It took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the Ax-2 i private mission to the International Space Station launched by Axiom Space with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Organized with NASA and SpaceX, it sees a Saudi man and woman and an American businessman on board. The two are the first from their country to step on a rocket since a Saudi prince went into space aboard the shuttle Discovery in 1985. In particular, the Saudi woman Rayyanah Barnawi, a researcher, became the first woman in the kingdom to go into space. space. The man, however, who goes by the name Ali al-Qarni, is a fighter pilot for the Royal Saudi Air Force. The crew is led by a former NASA astronaut who takes care of the trip. (LaPresse/Ap)
May 22, 2023 – Updated May 22, 2023, 10:36 am
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