Namira Saleem returns from space

The first Pakistani woman to go into space returns along with two other travelers

In this fourth commercial spaceflight the other two passengers were British advertising executive Trevor Beattie and American astronomy educator Ron Rosano.

The flight started with take-off at precisely 8:10 pm PST (1540 GMT) when Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity Space plane lifted off under the wings of its carrier craft called Virgin Mothership (VMS) Eve. Unity was taken to the height at roughly 1624 GMT at an altitude of around 45,000 feet (13,700 meters). Unity then powered its way into suborbital space, reaching its highest point of 54.3 miles from Earth and hit a top speed of Mach 2.95 (nearly three times the speed of sound) during its short trip. The flight ended at 12:43 pm EDT (1643 GMT), when Unity finally touched down at Spaceport America.

On coming back, Namira posted a picture with the caption: From space back to Earth! First Female Virgin Galactic Founder Astronaut! And many more Firsts!

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Previously she was excited about having used the same spaceflight gear as the one used by the founder of Virgin Galactic’s founder Richard Branson himself back in July 2021.

Pakistan’s ambassador to the US, Masood Khan, also applauded Namira Salim on her feat, saying: “Because of you our nation’s flag fluttered in space today.”

Who is Namira Salim?
Namira is a multidimensional personality with interests ranging from singing to space-exploration. Based in Monaco and Dubai, she is the founder of Space Trust and describes herself as the First Female Astronaut at Galactic and the first Asian to have skydived from The Everest. She secured the ticket with Virgin Galactic back in 2006 and the price of the ticket has appreciated to $450,000 since then.

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