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SpaceX has successfully launched a multi-million dollar flight to International Space Station Sunday evening with two Saudis on board, the first national astronauts in decades.
The company established a ticketing team headed by a retired NASA an astronaut who now works for the company that organized the trip, as part of the galactic space chase which includes the CEO Elon Musk.
Also on board: American businessman John Shoffner, owner of a sports car racing team.
The four are expected to arrive at the space station on Monday morning, where they will spend a little more than a week on board before returning home by crash-landing off the coast of Florida.
Rayyanah Barnawi, a stem cell researcher, has become the first woman from the kingdom to go into space under the auspices of the Saudi Arabian government.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon capsule and a crew of four private astronauts lifts off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral on Sunday.
She was joined by Ali al-Qarni, a fighter pilot in the Royal Saudi Air Force.
They are the first from their country to ride a rocket since a Saudi prince launched the Discovery rocket in 1985.
By chance, they will be greeted at the station by an astronaut from United Arab Emirates.
“It’s a dream come true for everyone,” Barnawi said before the flight.
“Just so I can understand that it’s possible. If me and Ali can do it, then so can those two.”
Rounding out the visiting crew are: John Shoffner of Knoxville, Tennessee, a former driver and owner of a sports car racing team that competes in Europe, and companion Peggy Whitsonthe first female station commander who holds the US record for most time spent in space: 665 days and counting.
“It was a phenomenal ride,” Whitson said after reaching orbit. Her crew members clapped their hands in glee.
This is the second private flight to the space station organized by Houston-based Axiom Space.

Among the four astronauts are Rayyanah Barnawi (left) and Ali al-Qarni (right) of Saudi Arabia, along with American businessman John Shoffner (center left) and retired NASA commander Peggy Whitson (center right)

As part of a galactic space pursuit involving CEO Elon Musk, the company formed a crew for ticket holders led by a retired NASA astronaut who now works for the company that organized the trip.

This is the second private flight to the space station by Houston-based Axiom Space, and the first time Saudis have been in space since 1985.

People watch a screen in Riyadh on May 21, 2023 as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Axiom Mission 2 astronauts prepares for liftoff
The first was last year with three businessmenwith another retired NASA astronaut.
The company plans to begin adding its own spaces to the station in a few years, eventually removing them to form a stand-alone outpost that could be rented out.
Axiom would not say how much Shoffner and Saudi Arabia are paying for the planned 10-day mission. The company previously quoted a ticket price of $55 million for each.
The latest NASA price list shows $2,000 per person per day for food and up to $1,500 for sleeping bags and other equipment.
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Guests will have access to most of the station as they conduct experiments, photograph Earth and chat with school children at home, and demonstrate how kites fly in space while attached to a fan.

Barnawi became the first Saudi woman in space when the Space X launch successfully reached orbit

The latest NASA price list shows $2,000 per person per day for food and up to $1,500 for sleeping bags and other equipment for the duration of the stay on the International Space Station.

The company plans to begin adding its own spaces to the station over the next few years, eventually removing them to form a stand-alone, rentable outpost
After decades of shunning space tourism, NASA is now embracing it with two planned private missions a year.
The Russian space agency has been doing this, off and on, for decades.
“Our mission is to expand what we’re doing in low Earth orbit around the world,” said NASA’s Space Station Program Manager Joel Montalbano.
SpaceX’s first booster stage landed back at Cape Canaveral eight minutes after liftoff to be recycled for a future flight.
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