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SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Tuesday, a mission that will take a communications satellite to orbit.

The duo made history as the first Saudi citizens to visit the orbiting outpost, while Barnawi has become the first Saudi and Arab woman in space and on the station

A powerful communication relay satellite for the 21-member Arab League is scheduled for launch Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. weather permitting.

Axiom-2 blasted off and is taking private astronauts to the International Space Station more than a year after the launch of the first all-private astronaut crew on Axiom-1. 

The astronauts blasted off from the rocket aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida on Sunday

SpaceXs Axiom-2 mission took off from Kennedy Space Center Sunday evening, carrying the second private crew of astronauts on a journey to the ISS.

NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for Axiom Mission 2, the second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

Posted: May 21, 2023 11:35 pm ET | Last Updated: May 21, 2023 11:56 pm ET | See video of the launch of the Axiom-2 private astronaut mission to the International Space Station on May 21, 2023 and find out what theyre going to do during their 8-day stay on the ISS.

The team will carry out 14 experiments focused on human research, cell sciences, and cloud seeding experiments in the microgravity environment.