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Space Tourism Took a Giant Step Forward With New Visit to the ISS
A chartered flight from SpaceX carried two visitors from Saudi Arabia.
People watch a screen in Riyadh on May 21, 2023 as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Axiom Mission 2 astronauts lifts off from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Photographer: Fayez Nureldine/Getty Images
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The International Space Station rolled out the welcome mat Monday for two Saudi visitors, including the kingdom's first female astronaut.
SpaceX's chartered flight arrived at the orbiting lab less than 16 hours after blasting off from Florida. The four guests will spend just over a week there, before returning to Earth in their capsule.