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SpaceX successfully launched a multi-million dollar flight to the International Space Station on Sunday evening with two Saudis on board - the nation's first astronauts in decades.  The ticket-holding crew were led by a retired NASA astronaut now working Elon Musk's company amid a new billionaire galactic space chase.  Also on board…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s first astronauts in decades rocketed toward the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar flight Sunday. SpaceX launched the ticket-holding crew, led by a retired NASA astronaut now working for the company that arranged the trip. Also on board: a U.S. businessman who…

Back to homepage / Middle East The second-ever private mission to the International Space Station launched Sunday carrying a Saudi man and woman, the first citizens from their country to travel to the orbiting outpost. Issued on: 22/05/2023 - 01:22 3 min Les astronautes Rayyanah Barnawi, Peggy Whitson, John Shoffner…

Updated May 22, 2023 at 10:44 PM Published May 22, 2023 at 7:05 AM CAPE CANAVERAL – SpaceX has launched four private astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), including the first woman from Saudi Arabia to travel to space. The crew lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket on…

AP 21 May, 2023 10:57 PMQuick Read A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon spacecraft, stands ready for launch to the International Space Station on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo / AP SpaceX’s next private flight to the International Space Station awaited takeoff Sunday, weather…

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft "Freedom" begins its journey to the International Space Station with the 600th person to enter Earth orbit after launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, May, 21, 2023. (Image credit: SpaceX) The 600th person to enter Earth orbit is now…

Last Updated: May 22, 2023, 04:10 IST Cape Canaveral, US This handout photo released by Axiom Space on May 20, 2023, shows the Ax-2 crew (L to R) Rayyanah Barnawi, Peggy Whitson, John Shoffner and Ali Alqarni. (AFP) SpaceX launched the ticket-holding crew, led by a retired NASA astronaut now…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon capsule and a crew of four private astronauts lifts off from pad 39A, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Sunday. John Raoux/AP hide caption toggle caption John Raoux/AP A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon capsule and…

Home News Spaceflight CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station is underway. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched at 5:37 p.m. EDT (2137 GMT) today (May 21) from historic Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, kicking off Houston-based company Axiom…