
'A dream come true': Saudi Arabia's first female astronaut launches into space
Sponsored by the Saudi Arabian government, Rayyanah Barnawi, a stem cell researcher, became the first woman from the kingdom to go to space.
Sponsored by the Saudi Arabian government, Rayyanah Barnawi, a stem cell researcher, became the first woman from the kingdom to go to space.
Earlier, Musk gave 50-50 odds of the spacecraft reaching orbit on its debut.
SpaceX prepared to launch the biggest and most powerful rocket on Thursday, after the first shot at a test flight fizzled earlier in the week.