First Saudi woman to go to space next year

 First Saudi woman to go to space next year

The Space Commission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced its first astronaut program to send astronauts to space. This is a giant leap for the Saudi kingdom in space research as it announced to send the first Saudi woman to space in 2023.

Saudi Arabia and Axiom Space signing an agreement to send the First Saudi woman to space next year (Credit: Saudi Space Commission )

Axiom Space, an American company that is building the first-ever commercial space station joined hands with the Saudi Space Commission(SSC) and announced their plan to fly two Saudi astronauts to space, including the first female Saudi astronaut.

This cooperation was result of several meetings of the Saudi Space Commission under the leadership of Mohammed bin Saud al-Tamimi the CEO of the Commission at the International Astronautical Congress in Paris that finally led to the signing of an agreement of cooperation with Axiom Space, a Commercial Space Company from the U.S.A.

 According to the official website of the Saudi Space Commission, Saudi Arabia will reveal its first National Space Strategy in a few months.

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