Inspiring Women in Space: Anousheh Ansari's Journey from Iran

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2. Unit 1 p.6/2 • hard working, creative, talented, ambitious, brave, courageous, determined, a risk-taker, entrepreneurial, skilled, skilful, optimistic, positive,

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5. Unit 1 p.7 / 3 • 1. Where is Anousheh Ansarai from? • Iran • 2. Which langueages does she speak? • French. Farsi and English • 3. What did she do in 1993? • She set up Telecom Technologies • 4. How did she join the space programme? • She signed up through Space Adventures. • 5. How long has she trained for? • Six months • 6. Who is she travelling with? • Two crew members, one Russian and one American

6. Unit 1 p.7/2 • 1. She is travelling with two crew members. • 2. She said she has had this dream since childhood. • 3. Anousheh is from Iran. • 4. She hopes that she will inspire a new generation of women. • 5. Just as Vostock was due to dock with Soyuz, radio contact was lost. • 6. After she sold her business, Anousheh gave $10 million to the X Prize Foundation, an organization which encourages advances in human spaceflight. • 7. Some women and girls do not have the same opportunities as men. • 8. There had been five Vostok missions before the first female astronautwent into space in 1963. • 9. Yuri Gagarin went into space in Vostok 1, the first time anyone ever journeyed beyond the Earth` s atmosphere and the first time anyone went into orbit. • 10. NASA is planning further shuttle and rocket missions next year.

7. Unit 1 p.8/2 • Physical fitness, teamwork, foreign languages, good health, psychological stability, money, optimism, enthusiasm, determination, flexibility, patience, able to cope in difficult situations