Anousheh Ansari, the newly named CEO of XPRIZE, comes on stage with co-founder Peter Diamandis at an XPRIZE Visioneering Summit in Los Angeles. (XPRIZE via Twitter) In 2004, Iranian-American ...

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The world’s first private female space explorer, Anousheh Ansari is writing a memoir of her life experiences with the assistance of Homer Hickam, author of the No. 1 New York Times best-seller “Rocket ...

Vienna, Va. – September 15, 2006 – Space Adventures, Ltd., the world’s leading space experiences company, announced a scientific agreement between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Anousheh Ansari.

Actress Charlize Theron and Iranian-American engineer Anousheh Ansari’s outfits were censored on Iranian television. (Photos: Getty Images) Anousheh Ansari, an Iranian-American engineer, accepted the ...

As a long time space advocate I have seen many fads, hopes, and dreams come and go in our quest to open the space frontier for everyone. This week something special has happened that has to be ...

First female spaceflight participant to launch to the International Space Station next month as member of Soyuz TMA-9 crew Vienna, Va. – August 25, 2006 – Space Adventures, Ltd., the world’s leading ...

Keith Cowing: I have been reading books about space since, well, since I learned how to read. Indeed, this is how I learned to really read a book – since the books I had to read in school were lame.

Xprize CEO and Prodea founder Anousheh Ansari dreamed of being an astronaut as a child growing up in Iran, but, understandably, most people around her were skeptical about her ambitions. Yet in 2006, ...