Axiom-2 crew in the Columbus mock-up at EAC

Private astronauts Peggy Whitson and John Shoffner, part of Axiom Space's Crew-2, visited the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) near Cologne, Germany, in February 2023 to receive training by ESA instructors for their upcoming journey to the International Space Station in May 2023.

To complete the four-member crew, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali Alqarni who are both representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be serving as mission specialists on the Axiom Mission 2.

The crew is pictured inside the training mock-up of the European Columbus laboratory module at EAC.