Rayyanah Barnawi, Saudi Arabia’s first female astronaut launched into space on a SpaceX rocket
It’s the latest move by the oil-rich Gulf kingdom, where women only gained the right to drive a few years ago, to revamp its ultraconservative image. SpaceX has launched the first female Saudi Arabian astronaut into space on a private mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Rayyanah Barnawi, a stem cell researcher, became the…