Namira Salim, the first Pakistani to reach the North and South Pole, will soon become the first Pakistani to travel into space as well.
Talking to the Orlando Sentinel at the Apollo 11 mission’s 50th anniversary, she said that she is inspired to do more. “So first of all, I think I should go as far as possible on Earth before I break the orbit,” she says.
44-year-old Salim has a $200,000 ticket for the suborbital flight of Virgin Galactic, a British spaceflight company. She is one of the founding members of famous billionaire Richard Branson’s space tourism company.
Salim was one of tens of thousands of individuals who applied to travel to outer space and got selected after a year of negotiations. She launched a non-profit, Space Trust, in 2015 with an aim to promote peace through space travel.
The trust established the 0G Summit to promote international cooperation in space. Presently, it is working to set up the first peace summit in orbit by 2030.
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Salim is finally heading to space, as Virgin has sent its first passengers (its staff members) on test flights to space this year via its SpaceShipTwo from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California.
About Namira
She has done Bachelors in international business from Hofstra University and has a Masters degree in international affairs from Columbia University.
After completing her education, she returned to Pakistan and became the founding president of the country’s first International Association of Students in Economics and Business Management, a cultural exchange program working with the United Nations.
She moved to Monaco in 1997 and worked to improve diplomatic relations between the two nations. She also became the first Honorary Consul of Pakistan to the Principality of Monaco in 2011.
Salim is also an artist and her sculptural art pieces revolve around the theme of peace. Her jewelry line is also in the offing, which will be based on the constellations.
In the past 13 years, she has worked to promote space tourism and privatization of space in collaboration with Virgin.
Via: PakistanToday
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Fawad Chaudry wants to send a resident Pakistani into space by 2020. Will she beat him to it?
by 2022
Ja Kidhar rahi hai.
Puri Information to add karo.
Moon or Mars?
No she will not go on any planet.
She just travel in the space, and she wants to go war to earth as much as posssible.she will get new knowledge about the space.
As to what? beyond self promotion.
Instead of buy that ticket, use the money to improve your people’s lives in Pakistan, – which has one of the worst HDI just above Afghanistan. SHAME on you
I second that my Fawad. Cheap rhetorics to get famous is unfortunately the character of Muslims.
Good effort
You are telling in such a way that the shuttle will launch from Pakistan..Promote what youngsters doing good in Pakistan, not in AMERICA.
USD $200,000.
This is cheap publication to get your self praised. How much good can be done in Pakistan with this money but showing off sadly is a culture of our society.
Don’t know why I feel sad for Pakistani’s, 200,000$ ticket to your name as first Pakistan or women something.
This is below cheap, as people with privilege take all our money outside Pakistan then they want recognition as Pakistani’s.
This is so demeaning to me as a Pakistani.