The dictatorship of Prince Bin Salman bought two tickets on a private mission to the International Space Station aboard an Elon Musk ship. Scientist Rayyanah Barnawi, 33, has already begun the space journey that makes her Saudi Arabia's first female astronaut.
Barnawi and her compatriot, pilot Ali Al Qarni, businessman John Shoffner and Commander Peggy Whitson will spend eight days at the station conducting scientific experiments. The wealthy crew of the Axiom-1 mission, commanded by the Spanish Michael López-Alegría, paid about 50 million euros for their tickets to the ISS.