Anousheh Ansari

Anousheh Ansari

Full Name: Anousheh Ansari

Arabic: انوشه انصاری

Other Names: née Raissyan

Origin: Iranian American engineer.

Born: Sep 12, 1966

Famous for:The first Iranian in space.

She was the fourth overall self-funded space tourist, and the first self-funded woman to fly to the International Space Station.

Contribution:

Co-founder and chairwoman of Prodea Systems.

Co-founder and CEO of Telecom Technologies, Inc. (TTI)

The Ansari family is also the title sponsor of the Ansari X Prize.

Articles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anousheh_Ansari 

https://www.britannica.com/money/Anousheh-Ansari

https://www.xprize.org/about/people/anousheh-ansari