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CTOnews.com, February 15, the Saudi Aerospace Committee announced that two Saudi astronauts will fly to the International Space Station with Axiom Space's Ax-2 mission before May this year.

According to reports, Ali Ali AlQarni, 31, is a Saudi Air Force fighter pilot, while Rajana Rayyanah Barnawi, 33, is a cancer researcher.

They will be the first Saudi Arabians to travel to the International Space Station and the second and third in the history of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to go into space. Most importantly, Barnawi will become the first female astronaut in Saudi Arabia.

(CTOnews.com popular science: so far the only Saudi citizen to reach space is Prince Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, who went into space on Space Shuttle STS-51-G in 1985 and stayed for a week, and he was the first Arab, the first Muslim and the first member of the royal family to go to space.)

▲ from left to right: commander Peggy Whitson, pilot John Shoffner, mission expert Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi. Photo Source: Axiom Space in addition to the Saudi duo, the mission will be led by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson (Peggy Whitson), who has won many honors. It is worth mentioning that she has spent more time in space (665 days) than any other woman or American astronaut, and she is currently serving as a flight consultant for Axiom.

The fourth member of the crew is John Shoffner, who paid for the ticket, who will serve as an Ax-2 pilot, while Barnawi and Ali AlQarni will serve as mission experts. Of course, the Ax-2 mission will also continue to work with SpaceX to travel to the International Space Station through its dragon spacecraft.

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