Saudi Astronauts Set for Space Expedition on May 9.

Saudi astronauts Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali Al-Qarni are scheduled to embark on a space expedition on May 9th.

They will blast off from Florida on a private mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

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Barnawi will become the first Saudi woman to voyage into space.

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Al-Qarni is a fighter pilot .

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Peggy Whitson, a former NASA astronaut, and John Shoffner, a businessman from Tennessee, will also be part of the mission.

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The crew will travel to the ISS aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule and spend 10 days aboard the orbiting space station.

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Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) is the second mission by Axiom Space, a private US space company.

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Barnawi and Al-Qarni completed their training program specialized in conducting scientific experiments during their trip to ISS.

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They will conduct 11 pioneering scientific research experiments in microgravity, human research, cell sciences, and the work of artificial rain in microgravity, in addition to research and development experiments

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The Saudi Space Commission is involved in supporting the mission, and the astronauts expressed gratitude to the wise leadership for making the mission possible.

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