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Born in [[1967]] in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]], Ansari witnessed the Iranian revolution in [[1979]]. She immigrated to the United States in [[1984]] at the age of sixteen and received her bachelor's of science in electrical engineering and computer science at [[George Mason University]]. She received her master's degree at [[George Washington University]].
Ansari, along with her husband Hamid and brother-in-law Amir, founded TTI in [[1993]]. The company was acquired by [[Sonus Networks, Inc.]] in [[2000]]. Ansari was listed in [[Fortune magazine]]'s "40 under 40" list in [[2001]] and honoured by [[Working Woman magazine]] as the winner of the 2000 National Entrepreneurial Excellence award.
Most recently, Prodea has announced the formation of a partnership with [[Space Adventures|Space Adventures, Ltd.]] and the [[Russian Federal Space Agency|Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation]] (FSA) to create a fleet of suborbital spaceflight vehicles (the [[Space Adventures Explorer]]) for global commercial use.
It was announced on [[March 16]], [[2006]] that Anousheh Ansari was in training for a [[Soyuz spacecraft|Soyuz]] flight to the [[International Space Station]]. She would serve as backup to [[Daisuke Enomoto]], who is due to fly on [[Soyuz TMA-9]] on [[September 14]], [[2006]]. If she indeed flies, Ansari would be the first female [[space tourist]] besides she would be the first Iranian astronaut and the first Iranian female astronaut as well
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