Dubai-based Namira Salim has made history after becoming the first person from Pakistan to fly into space.
Salim went into orbit as a space tourist on board the Virgin Galactic 04 flight on Friday, October 6.
The Pakistani expat was part of a successful one-hour flight, which landed at Spaceport America, New Mexico after blasting off into space.
Dubai-based Pakistani woman in space
Namira Salim is one of Pakistan’s best-known adventurers, having previously visited the North and South Poles and skydived at Mount Everest.
Resident in the UAE for more than 40 years, she is highly decorated in Pakistan and has served as an honorary tourism ambassador.
Also on board Virgin Galactic 04 were:
- Astronaut 017 Ron Rosano from the United States of America
- Astronaut 018 Trevor Beattie from the United Kingdom
- Commander Kelly Latimer
- Pilot CJ Sturckow
- Chief Astronaut Instructor Beth Moses
Michael Colglazier, CEO of Virgin Galactic, said: “Our teams in New Mexico and California have delivered on our monthly spaceflight objectives.
“Three new astronauts journeyed to space today and brought back incredible memories and stories of their experience above the Earth.
“These early missions with our initial ship, VSS Unity, have informed and confirmed the design and maintenance objectives for our Delta class spaceships, and the production tooling for those ships is on track to commence later in the fourth quarter”.
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