(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Joe Raedle/Getty Images Show More Show Less 12 of12Ī SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule and four crew members on the Ax-2 mission organized by Houston's Axiom Space, lifts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, May 21, 2023. Their mission, Ax-2, was organized by Houston-based Axiom Space. Saudi Arabia's first astronaut class, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali Alqarni, along with former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, and John Shoffner are flying to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Joe Raedle/Getty Images Show More Show Less 11 of12 Axiom Space Show More Show Less 9 of12įormer NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, center, is photographed while training for the Axiom Space Ax-2 mission. Axiom Space Show More Show Less 8 of12Īli Alqarni is photographed while training for the Axiom Space Ax-2 mission. John Shoffner poses for a portrait while training for the Axiom Space Ax-2 mission. Rayyanah Barnawi is photographed while training for the Axiom Space Ax-2 mission. From left, John Shoffner, Rayyanah Barnawi, Peggy Whitson and Ali Alqarni, Axiom Space Show More Show Less 6 of12 The Axiom Space crew members pose for a portrait while training for the Ax-2 mission. From left, Ali Alqarni, John Shoffner, Peggy Whitson and Rayyanah Barnawi. From left, Peggy Whitson, Rayyanah Barnawi, John Shoffner and Ali Alqarni.

The Axiom Space crew members are photographed while training for the Ax-2 mission. Their mission, Ax-2, was organized by Houston-based Axiom Space. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Joe Raedle/Getty Images Show More Show Less 3 of12 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule and four crew members on the Ax-2 mission organized by Houston's Axiom Space, lifts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, May 21, 2023.(AP Photo/John Raoux) John Raoux/Associated Press Show More Show Less 2 of12Ī turkey vulture flies past as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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