NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, talks with Her Royal Highness Princess Reema Bandar Al Saud, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the US and His Royal Highness Prince Sultan Salman Al-Saud, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Space Commission during a courtesy visit, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, talks with Her Royal Highness Princess Reema Bandar Al Saud, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the US and His Royal Highness Prince Sultan Salman Al-Saud, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Space Commission during a courtesy visit, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

‘NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstein, left, His Royal Highness Prince Sultan Salman Al-Saud, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Space Commission, center, and Her Royal Highness Princess Reema Bandar Al Saud, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the US, right, pose for a photograph during a courtesy visit, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

From left, Director of Digital Strategy for Axiom Space Sonya Gavankar McKay interviews Axiom Space Chief Revenue Officer Tejpaul Bhatia and Chief Development and Planning Officer of the Saudi Space Commission Ahmed Al-Ghofaili during a live broadcast ahead of the Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 21, 2023. Ax-2 is the second all private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, sending Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot John Shoffner, and Mission Specialists Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi to the orbiting laboratory, where they will spend about 10 days conducting scientific research, outreach, and commercial activities. Liftoff occurred at 5:37 p.m. EDT from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.