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infrared-gadget mogul, then 59, used tourist, the first Iranian in space and the launch, Stewart had to say farewell
the zero-gravity setting to test some the first space blogger—it’s rumored to her software architect beau through
products made by his company, Sensors she forked over an extra $250,000 for a glass-plate window at the spaceport
Unlimited. Little remarkable happened the Internet link. Controversy emerged in Baikonur, but she let her menu do
during his journey, save that he ob- when Roskosmos and NASA forbid the talking: duck breast confit, roast-
served several hurricanes and the flood- Ansari from wearing the Iranian flag ed quail and rice pudding made a fine
waters of Katrina from orbit. The mul- alongside the U.S. flag on her spacesuit, picnic for Simonyi and the other astro-
ti-multi-millionaire says he’s dying for although she was eventually permit- nauts aboard the ISS. The hungari-
another chance at spaceflight, but just ted to wear Iran’s colors on her person- an-born programmer behind Microsoft
needs, you know, a rocket ship. al patch. She spent a lot of time in space Word paid for eleven days in space, but
Then, in September 2006, cameIra- talking to her husband, hamid Ansari, got two bonus days when mission man-
nian-American entrepreneur Anoush- who surprised her with a kiss when she agers extended the flight to maintain
eh Ansari. She’d come a long way: when landed in Kazakhstan. an ideal landing trajectory. While in or-
Ansari immigrated to the U.S. at age This romantic gesture was topped bit, the then-58-year-old kept a detailed
16, she spoke no English. By age 40, in April of the following year howev- blog,
Charlesinspace.com, and spoke
she had bought six telecom compa- er, when Martha Stewart sent her bil- to groups of hungarian and Ameri-
nies and was on her way to outer space. lionaire boyfriend, Charles Simonyi, can schoolchildren with his ham radio.
Ansari’s voyage marked a number of into space by packing him a gourmet A self-styled space nerd, Simonyi also
firsts: she was the first female space meal. Because of a quarantine before brought a few books to the station in
readrussia.com/2008/WiNTer/ 36 Photo: NASA
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