Anousheh Ansari | |
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Born | Anousheh Raissyan 12 September 1966 |
Nationality | Iranian |
Citizenship | American |
Education | Electrical engineering and computer science |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Businessperson |
Title | CEO of X Prize Foundation[1] |
Spouse |
Hamid Ansari (m. 1991) |
Relatives | Amir Ansari (brother-in-law) |
Status | Retired |
Occupation | Electrical Engineer |
Space career | |
Spaceflight participant | |
Time in space | 10d 21h 5m |
Missions | Soyuz TMA-9/8 |
Website | anoushehansari |
Anousheh Ansari (Persian: انوشه انصاری; née Raissyan;[2] born September 12, 1966) is an Iranian American engineer and co-founder and chairwoman of Prodea Systems. Her previous business accomplishments include serving as co-founder and CEO of Telecom Technologies, Inc. (TTI). The Ansari family is also the title sponsor of the Ansari X Prize. On September 18, 2006, a few days after her 40th birthday, she became the first Iranian in space.[3] Ansari was the fourth overall self-funded space tourist, and the first self-funded woman to fly to the International Space Station. Her memoir, My Dream of Stars, co-written with Homer Hickam, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2010.[4]
She is the CEO of the X Prize Foundation.[5]
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