Posted on 05/07/2006 11:21:04 AM PDT by KevinDavis
A US national of Iranian origin could be the first female space tourist and may travel aboard a Russian vessel to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2007, Russia's space agency Roskosmos said Friday.
"We have signed a preliminary contract with (Anoushe) Ansari under which she is training as a back-up for Japanese space tourist Daisuke Enomoto," Alexei Krasnov, in charge of manned space flights, was quoted by ITAR-TASS news agency as saying.
(Excerpt) Read more at spacedaily.com ...
I don't know whether this will boost the Iranian fascists or tick them off. Either way it will be another first.
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