1st woman space tourist readies for trip
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Like millions of children, Anousheh Ansari dreamed and wondered about the stars. Next month the Iranian-born U.S. entrepreneur can get a closer look, as she rides a Russian capsule to the international space station and becomes the first female space tourist.
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A Russian-built rocket carrying the world's first female space tourist lifted off Monday on a flight to the international space station.
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By Traci Watson  The next tourist on the International Space Station could prove to be very useful.
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Retro Report May, 1991 - The first Briton into space blasted off yesterday - straight into the record books.   Helen Sharman, 27, was not only the first Briton in space, but also the first woman on a Soviet space mission since the 1984 voyage of Svetlana Savistskaya.
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The world's first female astronaut  Valentina Tereshkova, marking her 70th birthday on Tuesday,  says she still dreams of flying to Mars -- even on a one-way  ticket.
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The first female space tourist is   enjoying her stay on the International Space Station (ISS) and   is passing her time by taking photos of the view, a German   astronaut told a news conference in a live link-up on Friday.
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The Russian space agency on Thursday postponed by four days its launch next month of a Soyuz capsule carrying an American who is the first female space tourist to the international space station, a spokesman said.
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ORLANDO, Feb. 6 -- She prepared for the 950-mile drive from Houston with the discipline of someone who had flown 13 days in space. The steel mallet, folding knife and rubber tube were all catalogued on a handwritten list, police say. She had maps, she had bus schedules and she had a disguise....
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A 17-year-old schoolgirl is to become the first Nigerian to experience a space flight.
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By JESSICA VAN SACK  The mother of Needham-raised astronaut Sunita "Suni" Williams said yesterday she is confident her daughter will return safely to Earth despite headaches with the Russian computers on the International Space Station, where her daughter has lived for six months.
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By Mike Eckel THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan -- A Russian-built rocket carrying the world's first female space tourist lifted off today on a flight to the international space station.
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The first female space tourist lands in northern Kazakhstan after a 10-day visit to the International Space Station.
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By Andrew Buncombe  From the steppes of Kazakhstan, a wealthy Iranian-American woman was blasted off into space yesterday. In doing so, Anousheh Ansari set at least two records - becoming the first female Muslim and the first Iranian in orbit.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first paying female space tourist said Friday she felt a little queasy on her rocket ride to the international space station but she since has been enjoying every minute of her cosmic trip.
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The world's first female space tourist, American national Anousheh Ansari, said she is savoring every bit of her time at the International Space Station, despite the trip's hefty price tag.
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A Russian spacecraft will deliver the first Russian space tourist to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2009, the head of the national space agency Roskosmos said on Friday.
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Traveling in space has been a desire for many since ages. Nevertheless, it only seems to be coming true in this millennium. Even though we are still years away from mass scale space tourism, the enthusiasm