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15/02/23 06:36 AM IST

Saudi Arabia to send its first woman to space

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  • The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be sending its first woman astronaut to space later this year.
  • Rayyana Barnawi will make history by becoming the first Arab woman to go into space.
Rayyana Barwani
  • Rayyana Barnawi is a 33-year-old biomedical researcher and she will be part of the upcoming Saudi Arabian space mission.
  • Barnawi completed her Bachelor’s in Biomedical Sciences (ReGD) from Otago University, New Zealand.
  • She did her Master's in Biomedical Sciences at Riyadh’s Alfaisal University.
  • Barnawi has over nine years of experience in cancer stem cell research.
  • She will be responsible for conducting mission experiments during her stint aboard the International Space Station.
  • Irani-American Anousheh Ansari was the first Muslim woman in space when she flew to the International Space Station as a space tourist in 2006.
Saudi Arabia Space Program
  • The upcoming mission is a collaboration between the Saudi Human Spaceflight Program and US-based private spaceflight company Axiom.
  • The Saudi Human Spaceflight Program was established under the Saudi Space Commission (SSC) as part of Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud’s Vision 2030 which seeks to diversify the country away from its fossil-fuel economy.
  • The Royal Prince of Saudi Arabia Prince Sultan Bin Salman was the first Saudi Arabian to travel to space in 1985.
Source- LiveMint

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