The Saudi astronauts will accompany NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and veteran race car driver John Shoffner during the upcoming private mission.
The sources added that the deal between Saudi Arabia and Axiom was signed privately earlier this year.in April, where the four crew members spent 15 days living and working in the microgravity environment. The space agency selected Axiom to launch the second private mission as well, which is scheduled to launch in the second quarter of 2023.Retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is slated to lead the Ax-2 mission, while motorsport racer John Shoffner will serve as pilot.
Private space ventures tend to be reserved for the ridiculously wealthy, so it’s no wonder that oil-rich Saudi Arabia jumped on the orbital bandwagon. The Gulf country previously sent Saudi Prince Sultan bin Salman Al Saud to space aboard the American STS-51-G Space Shuttle mission in 1985, a trip that made the royal family member the first Arab and first Muslim to venture into space.
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