Editing Anousheh Ansari (section)

{{Short description|Iranian-American engineer and space tourist (born 1966)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Anousheh Ansari
| image              = AnoushehAnsari.jpg
| caption            = Ansari in 2005
| birth_name         = Anousheh Raissyan
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1966|9|12}}
| birth_place        = [[Mashhad]], Iran
| occupation         = {{hlist|Businesswoman|engineer}}
| title              = CEO of [[Xprize Foundation|XPRIZE Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.xprize.org/about/people/anousheh-ansari |title=X Prize-Our People, Anousheh Ansari, CEO|access-date=March 11, 2019}}</ref>
| citizenship        = United States
| alma_mater         = [[George Mason University]] (BSc)<br />[[George Washington University]] (MSc)
| spouse             = {{marriage|Hamid Ansari|1991}}
| relatives          = {{unbulletedlist
| [[Yara Shahidi]] (niece)
| [[Sayeed Shahidi]] (nephew)
| [[Amir Ansari]] (brother-in-law)}}
| module             = {{Infobox astronaut
| child      = yes
| name       = Anousheh Ansari
| type       = [[Spaceflight participant]]
| status     = Retired
| occupation =
| selection  = 
| time       = 10d 21h 5m
| mission    = [[Soyuz TMA-9]]/[[Soyuz TMA-8|8]]
| insignia   =  
| awards     = 
}}
}}

'''Anousheh Ansari''' ({{langx|fa|انوشه انصاری }}; {{Nee|'''Raissyan'''}};<ref name="U.S.: Iranian-born To Be First Female Civilian In Space">{{cite news | url= http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1071358.html | title= U.S.: Iranian-American To Be First Female Civilian In Space | publisher=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|RFE/RL]] | date=2006-09-15 | access-date=2011-02-12| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110120193727/http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1071358.html| archive-date= 20 January 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> born September 12, 1966) is an Iranian-American engineer, [[Space tourism|space tourist]], and entrepreneur. She is the co-founder and chairwoman of Prodea Systems, and her previous business accomplishments include serving as co-founder and chief executive officer of Telecom Technologies, Inc. On September 18, 2006, a few days after her 40th birthday, she became the first Iranian person to be in [[outer space]].<ref name= cheers /> Ansari was the fourth overall self-funded space tourist and the first self-funded woman to fly to the [[International Space Station]]. Her memoir ''My Dream of Stars'', co-written with American engineer [[Homer Hickam]], was published by [[Palgrave Macmillan]] in 2010.<ref name=macmillan-book-profile>{{cite web| url= http://us.macmillan.com/mydreamofstars/anoushehansari/9780230105799| title= My Dream of Stars: From Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer | website= macmillan.com| publisher= Macmillan Publishers | access-date= March 21, 2017}}</ref> 

She is also the chief executive officer of the [[Xprize Foundation|XPRIZE Foundation]], and the Ansari family is the title sponsor of the [[Ansari X Prize]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Board|url=https://www.xprize.org/about/people/our-board |publisher=X Prize Foundation}}</ref>