Anousheh Ansari has been officially named to the Soyuz TMA-9 primary crew. The first female spaceflight participant will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on September 14.
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Iranian born woman to be first female space tourist next month
Submitted by Zinger on August 27, 2006 - 20:45.Anousheh Ansari | News | Soyuz | space exploration | space tourism
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Congratulations and I wish you a safe journey. What can I say? GO GIRL POWER! It's seldom to see women who achieve this kind of prestige. So to Ms. Ansari, I salute you. You have become an inspiration to many other women.