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Thursday, June 01, 2023

Ax-2 Astronauts & SpaceX Crew Dragon 'Freedom' | International Space Station

Ax-2 Astronauts & SpaceX Crew Dragon 'Freedom' | International Space Station

Ax-2 Commander Peggy Whitson (USA) enters the International Space Station
Ax-2 Pilot John Shoffner (USA) enters the International Space Station
Ax-2 Mission Specialist Rayyanah Barnawi (Saudi Arabia) enters the International Space Station. NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio is on the right.
Ax-2 Mission Specialist Ali Alqarni (Saudi Arabia) enters the International Space Station
The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft docked to the International Space Station
The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft is pictured docked to the International Space Station
SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft departs the International Space Station

Record-breaking American astronaut Peggy Whitson and her Axiom Space Ax-2 crewmates John Shoffner (USA), Ali Alqarni (Saudi Arabia), and Rayyanah Barnawi (Saudi Arabia) completed their stay aboard the International Space Station on May 30, 2023. The crew safely returned to Earth the same day aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft with splashdown off the coast of Tampa, Florida.

Rayyanah Barnawi made history as the first Arab woman aboard the International Space Station. She  became the 600th astronaut.


Expedition 69 Crew (May-June 2023)

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin & Andrey Fedyaev

Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.


Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Dates: May 22-30, 2023


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