Ax-2 Astronauts Farewell Ceremony | International Space Station

Ax-2 Astronauts: Farewell Ceremony | 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) say goodbye to the International Space Station in a farewell ceremony on May 29, 2023. The crew is returning to Earth on May 30, 2023, aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft.

Rayyanah Barnawi is making history as the first Arab woman aboard the International Space Station. She has become the 600th astronaut.

Expedition 69 Crew (May 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 TV

Acknowledgement: VideoFromSpace

Duration: 10 minutes

Broadcast Date: May 29, 2023

Release Date: May 30, 2023

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