Anousheh Ansari, First Female Space Tourist
Saturday, September 16th, 2006Anousheh Ansari, an Iranian-American telecommunications entrepreneur took off Monday on a Russian rocket bound for the international space station, achieving her dream of becoming the the world’s first paying female space tourist. Ansari reportedly paid US$20 million to become the fourth private astronaut to take a trip on a Russian spacecraft and visit the station, and [...]
