Whitson also holds the record for the number of days in space and most spacewalks by a woman.
NASA officials say the weather looks favorable for the afternoon launch of the Space-X Dragon from the Kennedy Space Center.
A live stream of the launch will begin at 4:30 p.m. ET Sunday, with liftoff expected at 5:37 p.m. ET from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "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 last week.
"That's been one of the biggest challenges for me is learning this particular spacecraft," she said. "But I've really enjoyed it." It will "hold a big message. ... We are holding hands, we are working together for the betterment of humanity and just trying to innovate," he said during a news briefing Tuesday.
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