Ansari

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Birth date:  12 Sep 1966 Birthplace:  Teheran / Iran Marital status:  married with M. Hamid Ansari Children:   Selection date:  Mars 2006 Selection group:  Space Tourist 4 Job:  Spaceflight Participant Status:  Ret. 29 Sep 2006

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• Femelle name: Anousheh RAISSYAN, emigerated to USA in 1984, aged 18 years.Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and computer sciences from George Mason University, 1988; Master of Science from George Washington University, 1991. She was co-founder and CEO of Telecom Technologies Inc. (TTI).
• Along with her brother-in-law Amir Ansari, she set up the X-Prize through their joint multi-million dollar contribution on May 5, 2004. The $10m prize was won by Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne in 2004. She is also co-founder of Prodea, which signed a deal with Space Adventures, Ltd - a space tourism company that works with the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation (FSA).
• Was scheduled as double for Daisuke Enomoto for the mission Soyuz TMA-9; since he was medically grounded on 21.08.2006 she was assigned to the flight crew. Hobbies: space activities, listen to likes to music, hiking, basketball.