Axiom Space and SpaceX's second all-private astronaut mission is due to launch to the ISS this weekend.
Much like Ax-1, the crew of Ax-2 will feature a former NASA astronaut. In this case, the mission commander will be Peggy Whitson. Whitson has spent a total of 665 days off Earth — more than any other American astronaut.The other three crew members are US investor John Shoffner, and Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi, who will become the first Saudi Arabians to visit the ISS. Barnawi will be the first Saudi woman to fly to space.
The experiments included "self-assembling technology for future space habitats, cell samples, and more," AxiomAx-2 has two brief launch windows this month. If it encounters problems and the launch is scrubbed, SpaceX and Axiom Space will likely have to reschedule for much later as the launch, into orbit for four days, though that mission didn't dock with the ISS.
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