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First space female tourist in Earth touchdown

29 September 2006 [14:30] - TODAY.AZ
The first female paying space tourist, Anousheh Ansari, has landed on the Kazakh steppe after a journey back from the International Space Station (ISS). Her Soyuz craft was launched to the ISS from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, September 18.

The Soyuz capsule also carried fellow US astronaut Jeff Williams and Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov.

The 40-year-old Iranian-born US businesswoman with master's degree in electrical engineering makes investments into space programs. Mr. Ansari is thought to have paid at least $20m for a holiday in space.

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