The astronauts “will join the AX-2 space mission team” and the space flight will be “launched from the United States,” the agency added.
The Gulf monarchies seek to diversify their economies, which are highly dependent on energy.
Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has also sought to change the country’s conservative image through a series of reforms.
Since he came to power in 2017, women have been allowed to drive and travel abroad without being accompanied by a man.
The proportion of working women has also increased from 17 to 37% since 2016.
It is not the first time that a Saudi citizen has traveled into space.
In 1985, Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, an airline pilot, was part of a special mission organized by the United States, becoming the first Muslim and Arab citizen to travel into space.
The Saudi Space Authority was created in 2018 and last year the country launched a program to send astronauts into space.