Anousheh Ansari
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Anousheh Ansari is set to become the first female Muslim in space, first Iranian-born person in space, and the first female space tourist on September 18, 2006. Along with her brother-in-law Amir Ansari, she made a multi-million dollar contribution to the X-Prize foundation on May 5, 2004, the 43rd anniversary of Alan Shepard’s sub-orbital spaceflight. The X-Prize was officially renamed the Ansari X Prize in honour of their donation.
Born in 1966 in Mashhad, Iran, Ansari witnessed the Iranian revolution in 1979. She immigrated to the United States in 1984 as a teenager who did not speak English.
As the child of an immigrant, I’m always on the lookout for excellent immigrant success stories, and this is a terrific one. First Muslim woman in space seems like sort of a big deal to me, but this was buried near the end of a boring story about space shuttle astronauts doing mundane construction tasks today. I wonder if mainstream media will pick up on this when she blasts off next week?
Update: Anousheh has a blog and is posting photos on Flickr, sweet!
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با ارزوی بهترين برای تو انوشه
منتظرم آوای گرمت را در بازگشت با گوش جان بشنوم
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Dear Anousheh lots of congradulations from your hometown(Mashhad).
با ارزوي سلامت براي خانم انوشه انصاري وبا اميد به اينكه سفر ايشان به فضا سفري باشد كه همراه با بهره هاي علمي بال باشد و در پايان ميخواستم وقتي شما از فضا به سلامت برگشتيد براي ما هم سوغات فضا بياوريد با تشكر حامد از مشهد لطفا به مشهد هم سفر بكنيد
Hi anousheh this is mitra, I congradulate you on your achivement, I am so proud to be from mashhad.Everyone is talking about you in Iran.