Anousheh Ansari ISS Visiting Mission
Anousheh Ansari flew to the International Space Station as a private spaceflight participant arranged through Space Adventures. She launched with the Expedition 14 crew aboard Soyuz TMA-9, conducted four European Space Agency biomedical and microbiology experiments during her stay, and returned with the Expedition 13 crew aboard Soyuz TMA-8. Ansari became the first female private spaceflight participant and the first Iranian-born person in space.
Identity
- Aliases
- Anousheh Ansari SpaceflightFirst Female Private Space ExplorerSoyuz TMA-9 Visiting Mission
- Name
- Anousheh Ansari ISS Visiting Mission
- Slug
- anousheh-ansari-iss-visiting-mission
- Status
- completed
Details
- Description
- Anousheh Ansari flew to the International Space Station as a private spaceflight participant arranged through Space Adventures. She launched with the Expedition 14 crew aboard Soyuz TMA-9, conducted four European Space Agency biomedical and microbiology experiments during her stay, and returned with the Expedition 13 crew aboard Soyuz TMA-8. Ansari became the first female private spaceflight participant and the first Iranian-born person in space.
- End Date
- 2006-09-29
- Landing Site Id
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- Launch Site Id
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- Outcome
- Completed. Ansari conducted four ESA experiments during an eleven-day flight and returned safely with Expedition 13 aboard Soyuz TMA-8.
- Program
- International Space Station / Anousheh Ansari private visit
- Space Station Id
- ms7vrdmhtb6vsyh53zc92thbc984p323
- Start Date
- 2006-09-18
- Vehicle Family Ids
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- Vehicle Id
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Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/14/2026, 7:52:27 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 7:52:27 AM
Other
- Affiliations
- Organization Id
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- Role
- Commercial spaceflight arranger
- Organization Id
- vh7c9dcm6eswqyvh2vsqq53es57ngjhr
- Role
- Soyuz launch and return operator
- Organization Id
- vh76e0gh65et98bds1b49cvt8h89n8e5
- Role
- Experiment-program partner
- Organization Id
- vh76vnx3yy1vy23j7zc3wk80wx7nhx5f
- Role
- ISS partner agency
- Crew
- Astronaut Id
- td7f0sgbw8sfwq011yjhahrbz17nnbex
- Role
- Private spaceflight participant and ESA experiment subject; launched on Soyuz TMA-9 and returned on Soyuz TMA-8