Axiom Space's Ax-2 the first private mission commanded by a woman and carries the first Saudi woman into space and first Saudis to visit the International Space Station.
The Axiom Space Ax-2 private astronaut crew smiles in their Dragon capsule during launch rehearsal. They are: Saudi astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi; investor and pilot John Shoffner; former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson; and Saudi astronaut Ali AlQarni.
Benji Reed, SpaceX's senior director for human spaceflight programs, said that a final check of the mission's Dragon capsule Freedom did reveal one issue that needed to be resolved. Nine fasteners on a panel near the top ofhad less thermal protection filler material than expected, Reed explained, so a team is using a crane near the rocket to reach the site to fill the gaps in those fasteners in time for flight.
"I feel like I've been preparing for this my entire life. I've been a fan of space since I was a child," Shoffner said on May 16."I grew up in the age of the early , so getting here now and having a chance to fulfill that excitement is very, very powerful to me."
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