"Anousheh Ansari, a telecommunications entrepreneur, was accompanied by a U.S.-Russian crew on the Soyuz TMA-9 capsule.
The Iranian-born American will go down in the record books in a couple of ways. She's the first woman to pay her way into space and the first person of Iranian descent to get there. Ansari is the fourth space tourist.
Her colleagues on the flight, American Michael Lopez-Alegria and Russian Mikhail Tyurin, are starting a six-month stint in space. But Ansari will return to Earth in 10 days with the outgoing U.S.-Russian crew."
"Anousheh Ansari, a telecommunications entrepreneur, was accompanied by a U.S.-Russian crew on the Soyuz TMA-9 capsule.