The AP reports that the ISS welcomed the Axiom Space organized flight Monday, with the four passengers including two visitors from Saudi Arabia. The two Saudi visitors included the kingdom’s first female astronaut. The flight’s four passengers brought the space station’s total population to 11.
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Axiom Space’s Private Astronaut Mission Edges Closer to Liftoff
Aviation Week reports that preparations for Axiom Space’s “second four-person private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) cleared its May 15 flight readiness review and remains on track for a liftoff early next week from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.” The launch is currently scheduled for Sunday evening at 5:37 p.m. EST.
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