By MARCIA DUNN (AP Aerospace Writer)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s subsequent non-public flight to the International Space Station awaited takeoff Sunday, climate and rocket allowing.
The passengers embrace Saudi Arabia’s first astronauts in many years, in addition to a Tennessee businessman who began his personal sports activities automobile racing staff. They’ll be led by a retired NASA astronaut who now works for the corporate that organized the 10-day journey.
It’s the second constitution flight organized by Houston-based Axiom Space. The firm wouldn’t say how a lot the most recent tickets price; it beforehand cited per-seat costs of $55 million.
With its Falcon rocket already on the pad, SpaceX focused a liftoff late Sunday afternoon from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. It’s the identical spot the place Saudi Arabia’s first astronaut, a prince, soared in 1985.
Representing the Saudi Arabian authorities this time are Rayyanah Barnawi, a stem cell researcher set to grow to be the dominion’s first girl in area, and Royal Saudi Air Force fighter pilot Ali al-Qarni.
Rounding out the crew: John Shoffner, the racecar buff, and Peggy Whitson, who holds the U.S. report for many gathered time in area at 665 days.
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