A private mission to the ISS organized by Axiom Space is due to blast off from Florida, carrying the first two Saudi astronauts to go to the orbiting laboratory. | AFP
They are due to spend around 10 days on board the ISS, where they should arrive around 1:30 pm on Monday.
“Being able to see their faces when they see astronauts from their own region for the first time is very thrilling,” she said. But the space mission involving a Saudi woman is the latest move by the oil-rich Gulf kingdom, where women only gained the right to drive a few years ago, to revamp its ultraconservative image.
The mission to the ISS will be the second in partnership with ISS-key holder NASA by Axiom Space, a private space company, which offers the rare voyages for sums that run into the millions of dollars. Some astronauts on the ISS at the time said they had to take time out of their day — precious in zero gravity — to take care of the space tourists.
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