Axiom Mission 2
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Axiom Mission 2 was a private crewed spaceflight operated by Axiom Space. Ax-2 was launched on May 21, 2023, on a SpaceX Falcon 9, successfully docking with the International Space Station on May 22.
A Falcon 9 launches Crew Dragon Freedom and the Ax-2 crew to the International Space Station
From left: Whitson, Shoffner, AlQarni and BarnawiAxiom Space missions← Axiom Mission 1Axiom Mission 3 → Crew Dragon flights← SpaceX Crew-6SpaceX Crew-7 →
Axiom-2 docked to the ISS
Axiom-2 crew (front row) aboard the ISS
Rayyanah Barnawi
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Rayyanah Barnawi is a biomedical researcher and astronaut. She is the first Saudi female astronaut, selected for Axiom Mission 2 as a mission specialist by the Saudi Space Commission; her selection wa
Axiom Mission 2
…Shoffner, a space tourist, served as the pilot. The Saudi Space Agency purchased the other two seats on the flight and named astronauts Ali AlQarni and Rayyanah Barnawi to be the Mission Specialists. Axiom had initially announced in April 2021 that one crew member for the second Axiom spaceflight to the ISS would be…
Barnawi in 2023