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Ansari, Anousheh, 1966-

LC control no.n 2009038828
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Personal name headingAnsari, Anousheh, 1966-
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Variant(s)Raissyan, Anousheh, 1966-
Associated countryIran United States
Birth date1966
Place of birthMashhad (Iran)
Field of activityTelecommunication Social entrepreneurship Space flights
AffiliationTelecom Technologies Ansari Foundation
Profession or occupationBusinesspeople Space travelers
Found inHer My dream of stars, 2010: ECIP t.p. (Anousheh Ansari) ECIP data view, etc. (Ansari, Anousheh; b. in Mashhad, Iran; immigrated to America; became fourth-ever and first Muslim woman commercial spaceflight participant; founder of firm Telecom Technologies and of Ansari Foundation, a non-profit social entrepreneurship organization; b. 1966)
Regreso a la tierra, 2019: t.p. (Anousheh Ansari) p. 107 (born Anousheh Raissyan; on marrying she acquired the surname Ansari; cofounded Telecom Technologies in 1993; first woman space tourist, although in her book she calls herself a "space explorer" because of her scientific preparation and training period)
Associated languageeng