Space-X mission lifts off including the former NASA astronaut

SpaceX's private mission left for the International Space Station Sunday afternoon.

According to the American media, 4 people including a Saudi woman are included in the private space mission.

Stem cell researcher Rayyanah Barnawi is the first Saudi woman to travel in space.

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US media say the private space mission will spend a week on the International Space Station.

The private space flight took off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.