First female 'space tourist' ready for blastoff
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If all goes according to plan, Anousheh Ansari will realize a life-long dream and ride a Russian rocket into space Monday.
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NEAR ARKALYK, Kazakhstan  - The world's first   female space tourist, Iranian-born Anousheh Ansari, returned to   Earth on Friday, bumping down in a Russian Soyuz capsule at   dawn on the Kazakh steppe.
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With just a week to go before their launch, the new crew of the International Space Station are preparing for blast-off, CCTV reported Friday.
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BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan  - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft   blasted off on Monday carrying a woman set to notch up three   space records: the first female tourist, first female Muslim,   and first Iranian in orbit.
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Malaysia has unveiled its first astronaut, a 34-year-old doctor who will blast off on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and visit the International Space Station in September 2007.
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An Iranian-American woman becomes the first paying female space tourist, following the successful liftoff of a Russian rocket bound for the international space station. She'll return to Earth at the end of the month.
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Two NASA astronauts will make a bit of history next month when they become the first female spacecraft commanders to lead their orbital missions at the same time.
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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV  KOROLYOV, Russia - The space capsule carrying a new U.S.-Russian crew and the first paying female space tourist docked smoothly Wednesday at the international space station.
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Smiling and confident, two Russians and an American prepared for their first mission in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft &#151; breaking the nearly 30-year tradition of having at least one crewman with previous experience in piloting the capsule.
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The world's next space tourist, Hungarian-born US billionaire Charles Simonyi, will blast off on his journey to the International Space Station on April 7, Russia's space agency said.
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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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Urgent: Russian craft carrying world's first female tourist blasts off for ISS    MOSCOW, Sept.
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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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WASHINGTON - Malaysia&#39;s debut spaceflyer, the first female commander of International Space Station (ISS) and a veteran Russian cosmonaut are gearing up for their orbital mission this fall.
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A Russian-built rocket carrying a new U.S.-Russian crew for the international space station, along with the world's first female space tourist, was set for blastoff from the desolate steppes of Kazakhstan on Monday.
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The actress looked rather dazzling at an air-conditioner launch.
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams is readapting to life on Earth after a record-setting mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that raised the bar for female spaceflyers.