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Personal: Female, Married.. Born in Mashad, Iran. BS, electronics and computer engineering, George Mason University; MS, electrical engineering, George Washington University; MS, astronomy, Swinburne University. Co-founder, chief executive officer and chairman of the board for Telecom Technologies, Inc. After earning three key U.S. patents and growing the company to 250 employees with 100 percent sequential growth year over year since inception, the company successfully merged with Sonus Networks, Inc., a provider of IP-based voice infrastructure products.Inactive Left space service: 19 April 2006. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 10.88 days. In 2006 founded Prodea Systems, marketing innovative solutions to integration of home electronics. Born Anousheh Raissyan. Married Hamid Ansari in 1991. Official X-Prize Biography (September 2006) Anousheh Ansari brings more than two decades as a successful serial entrepreneur to Prodea Systems, where she serves as chairman. Anousheh is capturing headlines around the world as the first female private space explorer. On Sept. 18, she blasted off for an eight-day expedition aboard the International Space Station. Anousheh earned a place in history as the fourth private explorer to visit space, and the first astronaut of Iranian descent. While in space, she is conducting tests of Prodea Systems digital home technology. An active proponent of world-changing technologies, Anousheh has dreamed of space exploration since childhood. Her family provided the title sponsorship for the Ansari X PRIZE, a $10 million cash award for the first non-governmental organization to launch a reusable manned spacecraft into space twice within two weeks. This feat was accomplished in 2004 by legendary aerospace designer Burt Rutan in 2004. Prior to founding Prodea Systems, Anousheh served as co-founder, chief executive officer and chairman of the board for Telecom Technologies, Inc. After earning three key U.S. patents and growing the company to 250 employees with 100 percent sequential growth year over year since inception, the company successfully merged with Sonus Networks, Inc., a provider of IP-based voice infrastructure products. A living example of the American dream, Anousheh emigrated to the United States as a teenager who did not speak English. She immersed herself in education, earning a bachelor's degree in electronics and computer engineering from George Mason University, followed by a master's degree in electrical engineering from George Washington University. She is currently working toward a master's degree in astronomy from Swinburne University. Anousheh is a member of the X PRIZE Foundation's Vision Circle, as well as its Board of Trustees. She has received multiple honors, including the Working Woman's National Entrepreneurial Excellence Award, George Mason University's Entrepreneurial Excellence Award, George Washington University's Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award, and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Southwest Region. While under her leadership, Telecom Technologies earned recognition as one of Inc. Magazine's 500 fastest-growing companies and Deloitte & Touche's Fast 500 technology companies. In addition to her business achievements, Anousheh actively pursues ways to enable social entrepreneurs to bring about radical change globally. She has served on the boards of directors for Make-a-Wish Foundation of North Texas and Collin County Children's Advocacy Center. She works with a number of other non-profit organizations, including the Ashoka Foundation in its support of social entrepreneurs. Ansari Spaceflight Log
Ansari Chronology 30 March 2006 - Soyuz TMA-8. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: ISS EO-13, ISS EO-12. Soyuz TMA-8 docked with the Zarya nadir port of the ISS at 04:19 GMT on April 1. It undocked from Zarya on 28 September at 21:53 GMT, with the return crew of Vinogradov, Williams and space tourist Ansari aboard. It landed in Kazakhstan at 01:13 GMT on 29 September. 17 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #17. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Atlantis left a space station today markedly different than the one to which it docked less than a week ago. Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station at 7:50 a.m. CDT, completing ...more... 17 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #16. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. It's undocking day. The Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to begin moving away from the International Space Station at 7:50 a.m. CDT. Crew members will get a look at the results of their STS-115 mission, which resumed ...more... 18 September 2006 - Soyuz TMA-9. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13. Carried the Expedition 14 crew and space tourist Anousheh Ansari to the International Space Station. Ansari replaced tourist Daisuke Enomoto, who was removed from flight status by the Russians just 28 days before the flight. Docked at the Zvezda port of the station at 05:21 GMT on September 20. On 21 April 2007, Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin and space tourist Charles Simonyi (who was taken to the station aboard Soyuz TMA-10) boarded Soyuz TMA-9, separated from the ISS, conducted retrofire, and landed in Kazakhstan at 12:31 GMT. 18 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #19. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The crew of the International Space Station worked through an emergency procedure this morning after an oxygen generation unit apparently overheated. The overheating is believed to have melted a rubber seal, causing a small amount ...more... 18 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #18. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The International Space Station is a busy place these days. Sunday saw the departure of the space shuttle visitors who had been working from the orbiting complex the past six days with a 7:50 a.m. CDT undocking of Atlantis. Hours later, three more explorers launched toward the station in a Soyuz spacecraft. Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin and ...more... 19 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #21. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Space Shuttle managers today decided to extend Atlantis' stay in space to allow for additional inspections of the spacecraft to be performed. The decision to pursue additional inspections was made this morning after video ...more... 19 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #20. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. A space-age conference call linked three orbiting crews early Tuesday. Three people aboard the Soyuz TMA 9 talked with the six Atlantis astronauts and ...more... 20 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #23. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Managers today cleared the Space Shuttle Atlantis for a return to Earth on Thursday following a day of inspections of the spacecraft's exterior. Atlantis is now aimed toward a landing that will begin with a deorbit engine firing ...more... 20 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #22. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Atlantis crew began another survey of the spacecraft's heat shield late Tuesday after mission managers decided the orbiter would spend another day in space. That decision was made after cameras detected a piece of debris near the shuttle ...more... 23 September 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-041. Flight: ISS EO-13, ISS EO-14, ISS Astrolab. A handover continues aboard the International Space Station, with the 13th crew ending six months aboard and the 14th crew starting six months in orbit. Joint crew operations continue through next week, until Expedition 13 Commander ...more... 28 September 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-042. Flight: ISS EO-13, ISS EO-14, STS-115, STS-121, ISS Astrolab. After six months aboard the International Space Station that included arrival of two space shuttle missions, resumption of construction of the orbiting laboratory and the restoration of a three-member crew, Expedition 13 landed at 9:13 p.m. EDT in the steppes of Kazakhstan. Commander Pavel Vinogradov and NASA station science officer Jeff Williams landed ...more... | ||
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