Doha, Qatar: Rayyanah Barnawi, Saudi’s first female astronaut and one of the two Saudi astronauts recently sent to space, shared footage of Makkah as seen from outer space.
On her official social media account, the Saudi astronaut posted a video showing them passing over Makkah from space.
“This is the Grand Mosque,” noted Barnawi as she zoomed into a tiny glowing dot in the distance before exclaiming “look at how bright Makkah is!”
بعد ما خلصت تجاربي لليوم صادف مرورنا فوق مكة المكرمة ،
— RAYYANAH BARNAWI (@Astro_Rayyanah) May 26, 2023
نور على نور ✨ #نحو_الفضاء
Makkah from the space ✨#KSA2Space pic.twitter.com/rh3kZnJw0N
Barnawi was filming footage while onboard the International Space Station, which had welcomed her and other Saudi astronaut Ali al-Qarni last Monday.
On Monday, Barnawi and al-Qarni took off from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft as part of the Axiom 2 space mission (Ax-2) to the ISS from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
