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Saudi Space Agency

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Saudi Space Agency
Agency overview
وكالة الفضاء السعودية

Abbreviation	SSA
Former name	Saudi Space Commission
Formed	December 27, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-12-27)
Type	Space agency
Jurisdiction	Government of Saudi Arabia
Headquarters	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Chairperson	Abdullah Alswaha
Chief Executive Officer	Muhammad al-Tamimi
Owner	Saudi Arabia
Website	Official English Website

The Saudi Space Agency (SSA; Arabic: وكالة الفضاء السعودية), previously known as the Saudi Space Commission (SSC), is a Saudi independent government entity established by a royal order on December 27, 2018 and elevated to an agency on June 14, 2023.^[1] The agency is chaired by Abdullah Alswaha, the Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology.^[2]

Spaceflights[edit]

Prior to the establishment of the Saudi Space Agency, the only Saudi astronaut was prince Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, who flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1985 as a Payload Specialist on STS 51-G.

In 2022, the SSA partnered with American private spaceflight company Axiom Space to send two Saudi astronauts, including the first Saudi woman in space, to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon as part of Axiom Mission 2.^[3] The astronauts selected were Ali AlQarni and Rayyanah Barnawi, with Ali AlGhamdi and Mariam Fardous as backups.^[4]

List of SSA astronauts[edit]

Name	Selection	Time in space	Missions
Ali AlQarni	2023	9 days, 5 hours and 27 minutes	Axiom Mission 2
Rayyanah Barnawi	2023	9 days, 5 hours and 27 minutes	Axiom Mission 2
Ali AlGhamdi	2023	N/A	Axiom Mission 2 (backup)
Mariam Fardous	2023	N/A	Axiom Mission 2 (backup)

References[edit]

^ Obeid, Ghinwa (14 June 2023). "Saudi Space Commission elevated to Saudi Space Agency, expanding Kingdom's ambitions". Al Arabiya English. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

^ "Board Members". ssa.gov.sa. Retrieved 2024-01-21.

^ Bell, Jennifer (23 March 2023). "Saudi astronauts to research cancer, cloud seeding, microgravity in space". Al Arabiya English. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

^ "Axiom Space Partners with Saudi Space Commission to Send First Female Saudi Astronaut to Space". Axiom Space. 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2024-01-21.

Politics of outer space

Space races

Chinese
space program

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