Pride in Space As Iran Cheers First Muslim's Journey to the Stars
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By Andrew Buncombe  From the steppes of Kazakhstan, a wealthy Iranian-American woman was blasted off into space yesterday. In doing so, Anousheh Ansari set at least two records - becoming the first female Muslim and the first Iranian in orbit.
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The first woman space tourist, US citizen Anousheh Ansari, blasts off on a Russian Soyuz rocket.
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Iran received its first nuclear fuel from Russia on Monday, paving the way for the startup of its reactor in 2008.
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Iran signalled its ambition to join the elite group of nations in space yesterday by claiming to have reached orbit with a rocket capable of carrying satellites
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By NASSER KARIMI TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian rocket launched over the weekend that soared to the edge of space was intended for research, an Iranian space official said, in comments that appeared intended to show that the program is aimed at launching satellites, not missiles.
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A SALTIRE that has flown above the Scottish Parliament is to be taken into space.  Astronaut Nick Patrick, whose mother is from Skye, will be carrying the flag when he goes into space for the first time in December.
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Smiling and confident, two Russians and an American prepared for their first mission in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft &#151; breaking the nearly 30-year tradition of having at least one crewman with previous experience in piloting the capsule.
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The first Malaysian astronaut in space returns safely to Earth from the International Space Station.
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Iran's state-run TV station says the country has a new space center, and has launched a rocket into space. Skeptics say it's a cover for ballistic missiles.
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The two astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) complete the first space walk of their mission.
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Iran fired a research rocket into space Monday to mark the opening of its space center, a move that was immediately condemned by the United States.
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LONDON Ever since two successful flights into space were made from the Mojave Desert, thousands of people are signing up to take the same trip.
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I applaud Burt Rutan and the SpaceShipOne team for their miraculous achievement of winning the Ansari X Prize. As an astronaut, I understand well the challenges they faced in reaching suborbital space.
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Members of the Mojave Aerospace Ventures team: (from left) Peter Diamandis, Paul Allen, Burt Rutan, pilot Brian Binnie and Richard Branson celebrate with champagne after SpaceShipOne&#39;s second suborbital flight in early October.
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Among the things Malaysia's first astronaut will be worrying about next month: How does an observant Muslim pray toward Mecca while soaring hundreds of miles above the Earth?
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STAR CITY, Russia  - Malaysia's first astronaut said on Thursday his main priority aboard the International Space Station would be cancer research, but he would try to observe as much of Ramadan in orbit as possible.
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Millions of Muslims across the Middle East on Wednesday marked the first day of Eid al-Adha, the most important holiday in the Islamic calendar, with prayers, family reunions and traditional sweets for the occasion.