SpaceX launches private citizens to International Space Station

SpaceX on Sunday launched a four-person crew on a mission to the International Space Station. The team includes former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and three paying customers, including stem cell researcher Rayyanah Barnawi, the first woman from Saudi Arabia to go to space. "I am very honored and happy to be representing all the dreams and all the hopes of all the people in Saudi Arabia and all the women back home," Barnawi told reporters before her journey. The spacecraft is expected to dock with the ISS at 9:24 a.m. ET Monday, with the crew spending about eight days there. The trip, dubbed AX-2, was put together by Axiom Space, and is the second all-private mission to the ISS, CNN reported.