SpaceX Launches Diverse Crew to International Space Station

SpaceX launched a chartered flight carrying Saudi Arabia's first astronauts in decades, including a stem cell researcher who became the first woman from the kingdom to go to space. The crew of four private astronauts, led by a retired NASA astronaut now working for the company that arranged the trip, will spend just over a week at the International Space Station before returning home. The flight was organized by Houston-based Axiom Space, which plans to start adding its own rooms to the station in another few years, eventually removing them to form a stand-alone outpost available for hire.