Wednesday, September 06, 2006
MRS Anousheh Ansari is now not the only woman of Asian origin planned to head into space.
In December, Mrs. Sunita Williams would become the second woman of Indian origin to make the tour when she serves as the flight engineer on a flight out to the International Space Station, where she would also spend six months.
While the 41-year-old former navy test pilot had required being a veterinarian when she was younger, her mother, Mrs. Bonnie Pandya, told The New Paper that all changed when she enrolled in the US Naval Academy after graduating from high school in 1983.
'She was fortunate enough to have many big friends in the military who helped guide and advise her,' said Mrs. Pandya
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