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Anousheh Ansari ((ペルシア語:انوشه انصاری); née Raissyan; born September 12, 1966, in Mashhad, Iran) is an Iranian-American engineer and co-founder and chairwoman of Prodea Systems. Her previous business accomplishments include serving as co-founder and CEO of Telecom Technologies, Inc. (TTI). The Ansari family is also the title sponsor of the Ansari X Prize. On September 18, 2006, a few days after her 40th birthday, she became the first Muslim woman in space.〔 Ansari was the fourth overall self-funded space traveler, and the first self-funded woman to fly to the International Space Station. Her memoir, ''My Dream of Stars'', co-written with Homer Hickam, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2010.〔http://us.macmillan.com/mydreamofstars/AnoushehAnsari〕 == Early life == Anousheh Ansari was born in Mashhad, Iran. She and her parents moved to Tehran shortly afterward. Anousheh is Muslim,〔(Iranian-Born American Is World's First Muslim Woman in Space ), By Tim Receveur, Washington File Staff Writer, 21 September 2006.〕〔http://us.macmillan.com/author/anoushehansari〕 she witnessed the Iranian Revolution in 1979. She immigrated to the United States in 1984 as a teenager. Apart from her native Persian, she is fluent in English and French, and acquired a working knowledge of Russian for her spaceflight experience.〔WARREN E. LEARY, (''She Dreamed of the Stars; Now She’ll Almost Touch Them'' ), NY Times , September 12, 2006〕 She received her Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and computer science at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and her master's degree at George Washington University in Washington D.C.〔GINA SUNSERI, (''First Female Space Tourist Takes Off'' ) ABC News, Sept. 18, 2006〕 After graduation, Anousheh began work at MCI, where she met her future husband, Hamid Ansari. They married in 1991. Ansari resides in Plano, Texas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anousheh Ansari」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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