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First Saudi astronauts fly to the International Space Station

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May 22, 2023
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying Rayana Barnawi and Ali Al-Qarni, launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, US, accompanied by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and US entrepreneur John Schofner .

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The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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