The Trip Up
Hi everyone,
It is about 11:30 GMT here on ISS. It looks like my first entry from space made it down there.. Amazing, isn’t it…?
So first let’s take care of a few housekeeping items… I do not have realtime access to email. The email process is a batch process so it happens three times a day. I will do my best to get at least one entry in per day.
I do not have access to a web browser so I cannot read all your comments. I get some of your questions and greetings forwarded to me and I know that many people are sending their well wishes and words of inspiration. You cannot imagine how happy you have all made me, by sharing this experience with me.
Every time I read a message saying how someone has been energized and motivated to pursue their dreams, I get Goosebumps. I get all teary eyed when I read how a young girl in Mashhad is watching me and is motivated to one day become an Astronaut.
I know all of you will realize your dreams, if you want it bad enough in your heart and are willing to work hard and sacrifice for it. I will be reading every single one of your messages personally, when I return… So please continue to write to me.
Now that we have taken care of that, let’s talk about the ride up here, as I promised…
Well I took a motion sickness pill on the launch pad which was great. When we got to orbit I felt fine and I was able to look out the window as the world kept spinning around us, or more correctly I should say, we spun around the world.
They usually say you should not do that the first day because it will make you sick. Well… I just couldn’t resist…
I felt fine and even had some crackers and cookies for dinner before I went to bed. Our time was shifted back so we were basically scheduled to go to sleep about 6 pm and wake up about 3:00 am.
The first night we were all so tired that going to sleep early was no problem. Ah! I forgot to mention… when the Soyuz is put in orbit to chase the space station, it spins on its axis the whole time. The trip to the station takes close to 48 hours…
Now I knew why we had those dreaded spinning chair trainings.
Misha told us that it would make us feel better if we would hang our sleeping bags from the ceiling of the Habitation Compartment and put our head in the center of the hatch. This way we would be close to the center of mass and would feel less of the spinning effect.
So I followed his direction and hung my sleeping bag upside down and slipped into the bag. L.A. hung his from the ceiling the other way and did the same thing. Misha went into the descent module to sleep.
I was taking a mental picture of how we must look in our sleeping bags and it reminded me of Bats who sleep hanging upside-down from their cave ceiling. Well here we were in our tiny cave, floating about the Earth and heading to ISS.
I decided to be on the safe side and took another motion sickness pill before going to sleep. These pills actually make you sleepy so I figured it would help me go to sleep faster. I was able to locate my iPod in my bag and I was a happy camper… I put on my headphones and went to sleep in my Bat sack 
I did not know how I would react to sleeping while floating. You are not in touch with any surface and I figured it would be kind of strange, but I loved it. It made me feel very calm, like I was floating on the surface of a lake.
So far so good… The next morning when I woke up, I was so excited I slipped out of my bag quickly and flew head down to the Descent Module and flipped around and flew right back up to the Habitation Compartment. As soon as I stopped I realized that what I did was not a good idea! I felt my internal organs doing a cha-cha inside my belly…
I stopped and tried to minimize my movements. I basically become a mummy from that point forward. I only did very small slow movements and even that would make me feel really sick…
On top of that, I was having two more space flight symptoms. The first one was lower back pain. Basically your spine stretches because of the fluid and you get taller. I was happy about being taller but the pain was not fun.
The second symptom was fluid shift to the head. Because gravity is not there to help the blood that is pumped by your heart go down to your feet, it accumulates in your head, so your face gets puffy and red and you get a headache. It sort of feels like when you do a headstand for a long period of time.
So here I was with a Big Headache, pain in my back and nausea. I told myself, “This is not a good start — what if I feel like this the entire time!” After vomiting a couple of times, I decided to go for the big guns…
The flight surgeon had packed some motion sickness injections to be used as needed. I figured I really needed it, so I asked Mike and Misha to give me a shot. They consulted on the instruction given to them and decided on half of the medication to be injected. Mike prepared the syringe and Misha administered it. They were both so worried about me and wanted to do something to make me feel better. I felt bad for ruining their first Soyuz flight…
It did not take long for the injection to put me to sleep. Misha prepared my sleeping bag for me. This time I asked to be rolled in a small area so I could be in a fetus position. It seemed to make my lower back pain better. He also recommended that I have my head pressed against one of the cargo bags to help with my Headache. I rolled up in my sleeping bag with my head pushed against the cargo and spent most of the day sleeping. I would occasionally open my eyes and see Misha and Mike moving about. They asked me couple of times if I wanted to eat anything or needed anything. they checked my temperature and made sure that I was not getting worse.
So the second morning I woke up and felt a little better but still not well enough to eat or move around. I decided I should take another injection. And this time, after Misha and Mike had consulted with the flight surgeon, they gave me a full dose of injection.
I was really disappointed in myself… Here I thought I was always meant to be in space and now that I finally was, I was so sick I couldn’t even look out the window… I kept telling myself “Stop this nonsense… You are stronger than this… Get ahold of yourself.. this is all in your head, you can stop it…”
I was getting really impatient and wanted to get to the station. Somehow I thought I would feel better, but everyone told me that when you first enter the station, you feel bad since you are going from a small volume to a large volume.
I did not care, I just wanted to get out of my little Bat sack and get in a brighter, bigger place. Misha told me that I have to suit up for the docking. Right after I got my injection, they helped me get into my space suit and got me strapped in my seat.
The docking process takes a long time. After docking, a leak check is done for the docking hatch area to make sure there is no depressurization. It usually takes close to two hours. I kept dozing in and out as Mike and Misha went through the docking procedure.
I was wide awake on the approach and watched us inch our way closer and closer to the Station. I was so excited. Every inch we were closer I felt better, until we were finally docked.
After a while I decided to get out of my seat and take my suit off. I knew there would be cameras as we entered the station and I did not want to look like a sick dog. As I took my spacesuit off I was feeling much better. I even felt hungry and ate a few crackers.
The time went by really slowly, but finally the moment arrived and they were ready to open the hatch. Mike and Misha called me closer and told me to take a good whiff because this would be the first time I would smell “SPACE.”
They said it is a very unique smell. As they pulled the hatch open on the Soyuz side, I smelled “SPACE.” It was strange… kind of like burned almond cookie. I said to them, “It smells like cooking” and they both looked at me like I was crazy and exclaimed:”Cooking!”
I said, “Yes… sort of like something is burning… I don’t know it is hard to explain…”
By this time Jeff and Pasha were ready for us and opened the hatch from the other side and hugged us and welcomed us to the station… As soon as I stepped on the station I felt like I was home… I felt 100 percent better… I had a hard time keeping myself from smiling… I could not believe it… I made it to my destination… I was finally home 
And the rest you probably saw on NASA TV
until next Blog… have a peaceful day
Good morning! I enjoyed reading your latest blog. I just left a comment on your Sept 21st one when I saw this. I would’ve taken lots of motion sickness pills as I have terrible travel sickness when I dont take one before an airplane trip hahaha! Ugh! I amnot sure about having them injected though. I am scared of needles! Mustve been something else to sleep upside down!
Glad you got there safe and sound!
Anna
Comment by Anna — September 23, 2006 @ 12:10 am
Can’t resist to comment on a new post. There is a chance you will see it.
If you get email, you will enjoy Farzin’s note from today.
See you when you return.
Mike
Comment by Mike E. — September 23, 2006 @ 12:25 am
Dear Anousheh, Congratulations. This is an honor to have a sister travel to space. GOD BLESS YOUR HEART.
Comment by Akbar Dehghani — September 23, 2006 @ 12:25 am
Hello Anousheh,
Thank you for your postings from the space. You are one tall human being, very tall indeed.
If possible, on your way back home, please take a movie of the Soyuz as it spins around its axis; so that from the window we see the space as it seems to spin around you. Of course that is if Soyuz spins the same way, on its way back earth.
Wish you happy times and a super-safe return.
Comment by Farid — September 23, 2006 @ 12:27 am
Anousheh jan:
As a scientist/engineer, as a mother of two girls, as someone close to your age, as an Iranian, as an American, as a speci(wo)man on earth, as a hu(wo)man, you make me PROUD.
The feeling of peace you have described is magnificent. It clearly shows that you have peace within to be able to extend it outward in such manner as you have. IMO, if you lived in Iran (instead of the US), or anywhere else on Earth, and having had a tiny fraction of the money (which you’ve earned with hard work and incredible sharp wits), you’d still feel the same kind of peace. IT’S WITHIN YOU. You would simply extend it to others in a different way. Your mother and grandmother and other women who have inspired and supported you to realize this peace each deserve an out of this world ovation - So do thousands of other good mothers/daughters/sisters/female friends, throughout the centuries….
And now on a less serious note -
but I have a feeling you’d do just fine teaching them yourself….
You went smooth bala dokhtar :)) come back the same way…
If you ever decide to have kids, I’ll fly anywhere to babysit them. When they get older, I’ll teach them thermodynamics and quantum physics and if need be, karate
Thanks to Peter, Hamid, Amir, and other great men who support great women.
Your friend among millions more,
Neda
Comment by Neda — September 23, 2006 @ 12:38 am
Anousheh jaan,
Barikala!! Ur my new idol. I’ve been following your voyage ever since you took off. Ta mitooni aks begir. Bishtar az Shiraz begir ;-).
~Sina az FL
Comment by Sina — September 23, 2006 @ 12:39 am
Dear Anousheh,
Salam… and “Hi” again! Haleh shoma chetoreh?
I’m following your progress each day because I’m so excited to hear about space and your adventure! Thank you for describing everything–the “smell” of space, the way sleeping feels like floating, and hanging like a bat,. listening to your iPod. I can really imagine a picture of this. Do you have anything to read while you’re on your vacation? I hope you feel better and are not sick anymore. I think you are an amazing person to go up there and talk to us down here. I feel like I am on the adventure with you and am very proud. Thank you for bringing this to us all! I am learning a lot about space exploration already. Khodahafez 
Comment by Vivienne from San Antonio — September 23, 2006 @ 12:49 am
Ansari describes her trip up to the ISS
Anousheh Ansari pulls no punches when she describes her trip to the International Space Station in her latest blog entry. She hurled twice, and had to resort to injections to quell her motion sickness.
Now the space agencies tend to de-emphasize the un…
Trackback by Wheat-dogg's world — September 23, 2006 @ 12:51 am
Great job on the blogs. I hope someday to go into space by orbital means (i am not too interested in sub-orbital flight).
I got up at 6am New Mexico time this morning and watched you pass by almost overhead. The ISS was about as bright as Jupiter (thanks to the new solar arrays) and I was thinking about you and waving to you. I would have yelled “hi” also but I did not want to wake up the neighbors.
I hope you had your nose pressed to the window to look back at me.
have fun, you’re doing good!
Robert
Albuquerque, NM
Comment by Robert S. — September 23, 2006 @ 12:52 am
Dear Anousheh,
I wrote to you before, but I can’t find it. I’m 9. And just like you, I live in DFW area. I’ve been reading your blog and It’s pretty cool. And since you’re up there, maybe I can go someday, too. When you were hanging from the ceiling, did you get dizzy? I’d be happy to find out.
I hope I get to meet you sometime. Be safe!
-Kian
Comment by Kian — September 23, 2006 @ 1:00 am
What a pleasant read of your impressions of the trip to the ISS and of finally boarding.
You mention the ‘talk’ about ‘motion sickness’. One aspect that was of interest - the ‘crackers’ were they salted? I recall from my navy days how the ’salted’ crackers/chips would settle queasy stomachs.
Looking forward to your next message from space.
John A. - Canada
Comment by John A. Forbes — September 23, 2006 @ 1:00 am
Hello Anousheh,
I am grateful that you decided to write the space blogs. It has been both informative and exciting reading! I don’t think that astronauts and scientists have the point of view that most people on Earth have and which you share: To most of us forever Earth-bound folk what you are experiencing is an awesome wonder! About the Atlantis, one of the astronauts (Piper) was showing motion sickness during interview after they all landed. I was delighted to learn that she was feeling fine later. So you be careful up there and on your return. And keep in touch! Godspeed and God bless,
Hassan
Comment by Hassan S — September 23, 2006 @ 1:03 am
Hello!
I unfortunately missed the live NASA coverage, but I saw the recording of the launch. It is a lot more unpleasant when you know something about the people inside. Usually we take it for granted.
It’s cool how you describe the effects of microgravity. People usually think it’s like floating in water. I always knew it’s a lot worse, since I also wanted to go to space for as long as I can remember. I read a lot about it. Who knows, maybe I’ll get lucky one day, like you did. We can just all hope space travel will become more available.
I hope your motion sickness will decrease, keep us well informed. After all, you’re a civilian and a lot more “in contact” with the ordinary people.
I want you to know that you are an inspiration to me, a male medical student who has a hard time with everything.
There is just one thing that would be very cool. I guess you must have some sort of a video recording device and a whole bag of flash memory. Do some experiments. Like try spinning a sphere of water with a stream of air from an ordinary straw, or something like that, to see how it will spit out a fragment (like Earth spat out the Moon). Fluids in microgravity are awesome.
You’re an “ordinary human being” ambassador in space, so people are interested in you.
OK, this is enough. I will keep watching ISS on the sky whenever I can. There is a fly-over in two days, I hope there’ll be no clouds.
Say hello to your crew.
Bye!
Endimion17
Zagreb, Croatia
Comment by Endimion17 — September 23, 2006 @ 1:07 am
Dear Anousheh ,
Thanks alot to share us your wonderful experience step by step !
Now I’m writing for you , ISS is above Teh. ,
my heart is with you ,
look forward to hear more ,
beautiful moments for you and other crew ,
Comment by Zari — September 23, 2006 @ 1:13 am
my husband loves the space program and has always wanted to go into space.
i think he just did, as he read your site.
thanks for the trip!
this site is fantastic!
and so are you………..
Comment by MieYasha — September 23, 2006 @ 1:14 am
So Proud of You, Your Endeavours and Everything!
I live and work in Suriname, a small Dutch speaking country near Brazil…
Thanks to you I now truly believe in ‘Girl Power’, Anousheh.
Good Luck and Blessings,
Signa (34 yrs old female journalist)
Comment by Signa — September 23, 2006 @ 1:21 am
Hi Anousheh!
I’m from Winnipeg, Canada. Congratulations on making it to ISS. I watched your launch and docking on NASA TV and it was very exciting. It’s a dream of mine to make it to space one day.
Spaceflight has been my favorite hobby for years and watching the ISS construction amazes me to see how countries can get together for a common goal. I really liked your comment about the beauty of our planet. Hope you have a great time up there and I wish you, Jeff and Pavel a safe journey home. Looking forward to watching more of your journey on NASA TV.
Marc
Comment by Marc — September 23, 2006 @ 1:29 am
Hi Anousheh
It so great to read you , you tell it like it is, never before it was accounted for, see for the first time, I find out that your Soyuz ship spins around itself, that you sleep inside a bat sack, that you have to take motion sickness injecton, all element that we can relate to, and feel for you. Thank you for brigning too so many, an actual revelation in near real time, of this beautiful experience your are sharing with the people looking up to you from the blue planet, expressing its most beautiful hues of blues in your eyes, and in your heart
Be well in zero g, and keep your smile…have a beautiful time!
Jules
Comment by Jules Poirier — September 23, 2006 @ 1:52 am
My friends laugh at me when I tell them that I’m going to visit outerspace some day. Sometimes I think I’m being ridiculous too. After reading about your adventures, I have renewed hope. Thank you.
PS: My name is Shauna, I live in Canada, and I am 17 yrs old
Comment by Shauna — September 23, 2006 @ 1:54 am
Dear Anousheh:
I am so proud of you as a human being, a woman, and Iranian. You courage is admirable. The day you went to space I was in IT mgmt conf in Salt Lake City. I was sitting at a table with other participant and they asked me where I amfrom. For the first time in last 25 years that I have been here when I siad I am of Iranian origin, they gave me a resspectfulllook and mentioned you as the first Iranian-American woman going to Space.
I wish you a safe trip back home. I will follow your trip, ans may be someday meet you in person in Dallas.
Regards,
Azadeh Kojoori
Comment by azadeh kojoori — September 23, 2006 @ 1:54 am
Anousheh,
Your reports from space are quite unique and humanistic. You cause the reader to feel that they are along for the ride with you as never described by the typical professional astronaut or cosmonaut. The description of the smell of “space” was insightful - a “burned almond cookie.” I, as certainly countless others around the globe, deeply appreciate the time and effort you put into blogging from the space station. I will look forward to reading more of your reports and sharing them with others of like-mind.
Enjoy the “Overview Effect” to the greatest extent possible!
Comment by Jack Kennedy — September 23, 2006 @ 1:55 am
Dear Anousheh
Sorry about the sickness, I felt like this once before landing at JFK Airport, I got a tip for u called Valsalva maneuver which is any attempted exhalation against a closed glottis or against a closed mouth and nose.The Valsalva maneuver is used as a pressure equalization technique by scuba divers and airplane passengers to avoid barotrauma and discomfort inside their ears when they move to a higher pressure breathing environment.
You could have become a good writer, I felt as if I was with you all the time when I red your blog post.
It is so nice to see Misha nad Mike look after you, you are lucky to have them on board, especially Misha is so sweet.
Bless you
Hooman
Comment by Houman — September 23, 2006 @ 1:55 am
Droood
5:20 am Tehran, It was great, we watched you, & we guess we could see Solar panls of ISS,
You came from night & went to the Sun in Northwest.
very beautiful,
it would be wonderful & interesting to see earth when day & night aparted by a line.
I don’t know you saw us or not but all thought that you were watching us on that time.
anyway, nice to see you safe there,
have gooooooooood times
Comment by بهنام — September 23, 2006 @ 1:58 am
سلام انوشه خانم
من همین الآن شما رو در آسمان شیراز دیدم
نمیدونین Ú†Ù‡ اØساسی دارم
همینجوری Ú©Ù‡ من اØساس شما رو Ú©Ù‡ الآن اون بالا هستین نمیدونم
ولی متمئا هستم Ú©Ù‡ اØساس بسیار خوبییه
جایه همه ی ما رو اون بالا خالی کنین
امیدوارم سÙر خوب Ùˆ همراه با موÙقیتی در ÷یش رو داشته باشین
به امید دیدار شما در ایران و شیراز
کامران بهروزیان
Comment by kamran behrouzian — September 23, 2006 @ 2:01 am
Note to Kian:
your other messages are here –
http://spaceblog.xprize.org/2006/09/19/soyuz-tma-9-launch/#comment-1675
and here –
http://spaceblog.xprize.org/2006/09/18/launch-orbit-achieved/#comment-1124
Comment by X PRIZE — September 23, 2006 @ 2:05 am
Dear Mrs. Ansari, we have just seen you from our housetop, that was AMAZING! we felt enthusiastic and proud.
GOD BE WITH YOU, have a safe and successful trip!
Comment by arash and amir — September 23, 2006 @ 2:07 am
Anousheh,
Congratulations on the trip! Thanks for letting us know so much about your trip and allowing us to share your experiences. Last year I put together a team and created Empire Space Transportation, Inc. to facilitate the movement of people and cargo to and from space (the job Soyuz does now). You have re-energized the whole team down here with your fantastic trip. We all want to go, and go now!
Thanks again for everything, may God bless you and your family always.
Ronson E. LeVau
CEO, Empire Space Transportation, Inc.
Comment by Ronson E LeVau — September 23, 2006 @ 2:18 am
You are extraordinary!
Say hi for me to all of those shining stars….
Comment by Mina — September 23, 2006 @ 2:18 am
با سلام خدمت انوشه انصاري Ùضانورد ايراني
من هم اكنون گزارش ميكنم
سلام خدمت شما نجوميان عزيز
از اين كه نتوانستم در برنامه هاي گروهي به تماشاي ايستگاه Ùضايي بنشينم ناراØت نيستم
من هم اكنون در ساعت پنج Ùˆ سي Ùˆ Ù‡Ùت دقيقه بامداد روز شنبه ،‌ بيست Ùˆ سوم سپتامبر ميباشد Ùˆ من Ùˆ خانواده خواب آلودم بعد از طي نمودن پله ها Ùˆ سعود به چهار طبقه بالاتر ØŒ پشت بام در خانيمان در تهران Ùˆ به مدت يك ربع رصد دست جمعي آسمان بالاخره موÙÙ‚ شديم در يك Øركت نمادين Ùˆ بشردوستانه !! با ايستگاه Ùضايي آي اس اس Ùˆ در نتيجه با خانم انوشه انصاري ديدار داشته باشيم ايستگاه تقريبا از شمال شرقي طلوع كرده Ùˆ با قدر بسيار زياد تقريبا از بالاي سرمان گذشت Ùˆ در جنوب غربي غروب كرد
ما خوشهاليم كه توانستيم آي اس اس را رصد كنيم به تمام منجم هايي كه آن را رصد كردند Ùˆ به ياد Ùضانورد ايراني بودند Ùˆ دقيقه اي را اØساس كردند ايران اÙتخار است تبريك ميگوييم Ùˆ اميدواريم موÙقيت دامنگير همه كساني كه تلاش ميكنند باشد !!
به اميد ديدار
عبدالله شجاري
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Comment by nobody — September 23, 2006 @ 2:19 am
Dear Anousheh, I’m sending this comment from Tehran/Iran, local time 5:35 a.m. We saw the ISS carrying you from 5:13 to 5:15 a.m . when we were on the roof. ( My Mom (Mahnaz), my brother (Amin) & me ( Pooyeh ). Wow ! we are so exited, I can’t explain exactly my feeling now!
We are so proud of you. Wish you be healthy & successful in your very beautiful & interesting space trip. Hope you return safely full of great experiences.
Kiss & hug dear Anousheh. Hope to see you in Iran
Comment by Pooyeh Salar — September 23, 2006 @ 2:36 am
سلام خانوم انصاری
الان ساعت 5:30 دقیقه ØµØ¨Ø Ø¨Ù‡ وقت تهران.قرار بود ایستگاه Ùضایی ساعت 5:13تو آسمان ایران دیده بشه.من برای اینکه ایستگاه رو بهتر ببینم از روز قبل به یکی از روستاهای اطرا٠رشت اومدم.از ساعت 5 بیدارم Ú©Ù‡ اون نوری Ú©Ù‡ انوشه انصاری داخلش قرار داره رو ببینم.انوشه Ú©Ù‡ Øالا دیگه واسم غریبه نیست. اینقدر مطلب در موردش خوندم وشنیدم Ú©Ù‡ Øالا شده یک اشنا.اما هوا ابریه. یک ستاره دیدم Ú©Ù‡ نمی دونم خودش بود یا نه.ساعت 5:21 غمگین به داخل خونه برگشتم. ناراØت از اینکه همیشه ابرا نمی زارن من اتÙاق های مهم آسمونو ببینم
Comment by Hasibaa az rasht — September 23, 2006 @ 2:52 am
Reading through the half of this post I was so disappointed with your sickness during the flight but cheered up again after reading till the end. It must be a great experience for you! May be a painful one but many of us will gladly endure it to taste the smell of space, as u did :). The analogy of almond and cookie is so down to earth… Wishing u a happy stay!!
Comment by Nasser — September 23, 2006 @ 2:54 am
Dear Anousheh:
I am so proud of you ,
انوشه جان میخواستم اینگلیسی بنویسم ولی دیدم این اØساس عشق ایرانی رو شاید نتوانم با جملات لاتین بیان کنم.
من در تهران زندگی میکنم Ùˆ 22 سالم هست از وقتی Ú©Ù‡ در مورد هد٠شماو ارزوهاو زندگینامه شما تØقیق کردم شمارا به عنوان الگوی تمام عیار خودم در زندگی انتخاب کردم مخصوصا همین چند Ù„Øظه پیش وقتی شما رو دیدم Ú©Ù‡ در ایستگاه Ùضایی بین الملیی از Ùرازایران گذشتید (مثل یک ستاره پرنور پارسی) به خودم خیلی اÙتخار کردم .
قلبم با موشکهای نامرئی عشق به اهدا٠شما از سینه ام داشت کنده میشد Ùˆ گریه ام گرÙته بود من خیلی کمم معولا اØساس میشم وگریم میگیره Ù…Ú¯Ù‡ Ùقط در مورد بستگان نزدیک خودم ولی وقتی گریه ام گرÙت Ùهمیدم شما را Ú©Ù‡ در این مدت Ú©Ù…ÛŒ Ú©Ù‡ میشناسم (Øدود دو ماه )جزو معدود اÙرادی هستید Ú©Ù‡ در قلب من جای گرÙته اید
Øتی قصد دارم تمام اهداÙÙ… را با شما یکسان کنم Ùقط از شما میخواهم Øتما بعد از اینکه به سلامتی به زمین برگشتید یک قسمت سایت خودتان را برای ما Ú©Ù‡ شما رو به عنوان الگوو اسطوره برگزیده اایم اختصاص بدهید
تا ما هم مثل شما بتوانیم از استعدادهای نهÙته خودمان استÙاده کنیم Ùˆ برای همه دنیا Ù…Ùید باشیم
من قبلا انسانهایی مثل انتونی رابینز Ùˆ اÙراد موÙÙ‚ دیگری را به عنوان الگو برگزیده بودم ولی الان دیگه Ùقط شما الگوی من هستید. خواهش میکنم با راهنمایی های خود مارا به موÙقیت ثوق دهید.
می بخشید خیلی طولانی شد.
(البته شما زمانی Ú©Ù‡ به زمین برگردید این را میخوانید ولی الان در تهران ساعت 5:40صبØ23 sep 20 دقیقا بعد از دیدن شما از اسمان ایران است )
anyway, nice to see you safe there,
have good times
behroz
Comment by berhoz sharif — September 23, 2006 @ 2:59 am
Anousheh Ansari, your smile is beautiful, your blog is beautiful, and you are beautiful. Thanks.
Comment by Jerry Erikson — September 23, 2006 @ 3:01 am
Hi Anousheh,
Glad to see someone from DFW area in space!!
Have fun and enjoy the visit and the view from the ISS. I saw the IMAX 3d ISS movie a few years ago.. those of us who saw that have a hint of the experience. Yesterday the X-prize now an ISS visit.. keep up the good work being a trooper for our future in Space.
Comment by BryanM — September 23, 2006 @ 3:14 am
“CONTACT”, by Carl Sagan, is one of the movies I love the most. I always remember that scene that touched me so much when Jody Foster’s character is traveling through the Cosmos and suddenly is able to see all these new worlds and indescribable places in the Universe and with tears in her eyes she says something like: -”I had no idea,.. they should have sent a poet to describe it”, this is probably what you feel when you look at Earth from outside, I was telling my husband today that being out of our home planet must feel a little like being out of ourselves in a way..I’m sure everything turns into nonsense looking at us as just ONE thing.. Anyway the way you are describing what you see, feel and “smell” is so magnificent, I can’t wait to read your next letters from space. What a LUXURY having someone telling to the world what it feels to be in space for the first time, specially such a unique woman like you. I’m so thankful to you for sharing this experience, you don’t imagine what it means for many of us. I hope I’ll meet you someday, even though I feel I already know you because of how much you are sharing with us.
Love,
Maria (from L.A. CA)
Comment by Maria Entraigues — September 23, 2006 @ 3:24 am
hi dear Anoushe
what do you feel when you are in AUTUMNAL EQUINOX just 35 minutus later?I always think that’s a begin for earth and so for every one.that ’s like that every thing and every one is in special balance .please tell us your feelings. I observed ISS 2 hours ago with my family.I shaked hand for you,did you see me?!!!
Comment by fatemeh kamali — September 23, 2006 @ 3:30 am
Salam Anousheh,Hi
Haletoon khoobeh? khosh migzare?
let me say first: OH, MY GOD!I’m so speechless! when I just saw this blog today, I just wanted to kill myself why i didn’t find out about it earlier. I can’t believe you’re writting from Space!Holy, God! I think you will be the first person blogging from there! nice job!
I have to say that you became one of my heros . You just showed me that I can make my dreams come true, too. One of them is the same like you had! you did it, but i still have to work for it! I’m only sixteen years old and I don’t give up to my dreams that I have been thinking about them all my life. THANK YOU, THANK YOU and THANK YOU for letting me believe myself once again.
You are a true hero to me and I will never forget you!!!
I waited two hours after midnight to see you on NASA TV on internet to be sure that I wasn’t dreaming all the time or just heard something.I believed that as an Iranian I can be somebody too one day.
You are a role model for everyone and specially Iranians. GOOD JOB! and keep writting your diaries and show people who you are!
I love you and I will be following your story in here and news!
YOUR NEW 16 YEAR OLD IRANIAN FAN FROM TORONTO, CANADA!
Comment by Maryam — September 23, 2006 @ 3:31 am
Anousheh,nice to read your first post.You might want to try a skin-patch,during your next trip,to prevent space-sickness, motion sickness.Skin-patch,if any, is much safer than injection.
Write us about food and other things.
Comment by Eastern Kurd — September 23, 2006 @ 3:32 am
Dear Anousheh, I’m from Paradise California. You make me proud to be an American and from what I’am reading here, you are making many Iranians proud as well. We share this inspiration in common and I hope that this helps all humans realize how much more similar we are than different. We all share this planet earth that you so beautifully describe from outerspace… Thank you Anousheh for your inspiration and obvious love for life…
Comment by Brian Scott — September 23, 2006 @ 3:39 am
Hello, Anousheh! Thank you very much for blogging from space. Through your descriptions, I can feel like I am there with you, and since it’s something I’ve always dreamed of, it’s just wonderful that you are able to do this and share your experiences with all of us.
The ISS will finally be visible over my town for the first time since the new solar arrays were deployed, so if the weather is clear, I’ll be waving at you from the ground.
Best of luck to you, Anousheh! You are an inspiration to women all over the world.
Comment by Valeri Jones — September 23, 2006 @ 3:57 am
Dear Anousheh,
I and all Iranians are very proud of you.
Wish your safe return.
Comment by Masoud — September 23, 2006 @ 4:04 am
Dear Anousheh, An adventure for you that is literally “Out of this World!†Sorry to hear that after your flawless uphill ride you experienced uncomfortable symptoms, perhaps it will have made the remainder time on orbit even more delightful. I have enjoyed your first few blogs and am looking forward to reading them all as they arrive. Your intelligence, humor, and enthusiasm are reflected in your writing, a unique person doing a unique adventure! What a pleasure to vicariously enjoy your orbital experience and a glimpse of the Cosmos most will never be fortunate enough to see. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences so honestly and openly.
Comment by John — September 23, 2006 @ 4:27 am
Anousheh,
As I read your blog and the comments I can’t help but think of your trip as so much more than just a journey. You are very inspiring and will make such an impact on so many lives. I know you will have your spirit and zest for life spread much further than you will ever realize. (I will also bet you didn’t streach enough to be taller than Hamid, I will be he is proud of you he always was)
Comment by Bill Belshaw — September 23, 2006 @ 4:35 am
Sounds a little like a bad camping trip to begin with, but the goal wouldn’t be as sweet without a little adversity. I hope you’re feeling a lot better.
Comment by James, Mountain View, CA — September 23, 2006 @ 4:41 am
Sorry to hear that you were sick as a dog. I did some G training in the sim at the Defence and Civil Institute of Enviromental Medicine as a Navy Diver. Felt Like I was in a Dryer spinning in another Dryer. LOL. Kinda have an idea of what you are or were going through. Hang in there. Dare to dream!!
Comment by Michael Le Couteur — September 23, 2006 @ 4:47 am
salam
man va doostan emrooz sobh shomara dar faza didim jaleb bood
khoshhal shodim
….
ba tashakor
Comment by afzali — September 23, 2006 @ 4:48 am
Dear Anousheh,
Hello again. I enjoyed reading that extraordinary diary
This morning I woke up at 5:00 a.m., and hurried down the staircase to go out and get a good view of the sky. At 5:13 I saw the brightest object in the still dark but clear sky of Tehran. It was the ISS moving at a very high speed — a lot more than I had expected. It was a great experience, especially knowing that a woman I admire so much is travelling inside it.
I had a great time during the less than 80 seconds watching the ISS from earth, I could only imagine what it must have been like for you watching the other way around
I pray for your health and well being — Pardis
Comment by P.N. — September 23, 2006 @ 4:53 am
Anousheh,
Thank you for your candid, honest and human description of your experiences. I feel like you are speaking to me as a friend would, and I appreciate your candor. I am glad you are feeling better and enjoying your trip. If I were in your position, I know that I would have been feeling the same way! All the best,
Liz
Comment by Liz — September 23, 2006 @ 4:59 am
این خیلی خوب است Ú©Ù‡ اÙراد بیشتری اØساس کنند به این دنیا آمده اند تا تغییر مثبت ایجاد کنند وشما این تلنگر را به اÙراد بیشتری زدید امیدوارم Ú©Ù‡ این اول راه باشد وهمه ما از خواب غÙلت بیدار شویم
آرزومند موÙقیت شماوموÙقیت ØµÙ„Ø Ø¯Ø§Ù†Ø´ وبینش برای همه
Comment by hessam Vakil — September 23, 2006 @ 5:04 am
Hello Anousheh! I am in Charlottesville, VA, US, and am really enjoying reading your blogs. It must be frustrating to finally realize your dream only to have a setback with your illness and discomfort. Even with these setbacks, I’m certain that you are still having the time of your life. Thank you so much for your insight into the experience of space flight from a “normal” person’s point of view. I’m looking forward to reading your future blogs.
Comment by Diane K. — September 23, 2006 @ 5:06 am
hello mrs Ansari
thank you very very … mutch for your exact and beauty explain.
it was really so great . as i felt experience this trip , myself.
have a peaceful day too
Hadi Jalilzadeh - Tehran
Comment by Hadi Jalilzadeh — September 23, 2006 @ 5:11 am
Hello Anousheh
I just finished reading your latest entry. What can i say! Here i was thinking that you were just having the time of your life during those two days you were out of touch..Who knew! Sorry to hear it wasn’t quite the entry into space that you had always imagined. Still i’m sure that, like a lot of us, had anyone suggested turning the Soyuz around to bring you back home you’d have shot someone
I take it that you are almost 100% now and ready to get down to the serious business of having fun (ok, and maybe getting some work done. 
) It’s a shame you don’t have a browser. I’ve been reading your Blog daily and it’s full of so many wonderful comments. You are without a doubt quite admired!
By the way, i assume the ISS has some windows facing into deep space. What’s it like looking out those windows into infinity when the ISS is on the earth’s night side?
Bye for now. Keep Blogging and we’ll keep reading
Muinde JK
Dallas TX
Comment by Muinde Kithome — September 23, 2006 @ 5:11 am
This is the third comment I’ve written for Mrs. Ansari and I don’t know whether were arrived and will passed to her or not. But I write down more and more until she hears me….
Dear Anousheh! You can’t imagine how did I feel hearing about your unique trip, all those laughs and rare tears, all those anxiousnesses and calmnesses, and all memories you shares with us…It’s a great honor, for us as Iranians, to say everywhere that this is Anousheh, an originaly-Iranian woman, who has made it! Yes! We feel we are with you each second up there hanging above the old Earth and accompanied by you everywhere yo went and will go. God bless you and be with you and hope you take the advantages of this trip back to home safely….
However, don’t remember who were you and how did you reach to this point. I’m almost the same age as you are (born in 1969) and had the same dreams when I was just a boy (you see? I was born a month before Armstrong walked on the moon surface!). I don’t blame anybody why I didn’t get successed but I’m just thinking about many many young people here in Iran, whose gifted intelligences are wasted here due to many factors that I don’t like to tell about them. If you remember a poet from Sa’di in his famous Golestan book that says “Kind people have no money to help others; While wealthy people have no kindliness! (Kariman ra be dast andar deram nist; Deram darane aalam ra karam nist)” then you can understand why among those hundred thousands intelligent children here only a few may break the borders of minds and success (and a great percentage of them of coarse will immigrate whenever they could). Well, what I want to say by this long boring text is that: Anousheh! You were a lucky girl that your family understood very quickly to leave Iran and let your dreams have a good environment to become true. And I believe - if you agree with me - that the blessing for this granted gift is to share your compatriots with what they deserves but have been deprived for years. I’m sure you will think about it if you recieve this comment. If you like to discuss about it, I’d be glad to recieve an email from your side (my email address is [received] which I left it on the header of this comment also). If not, OK I’ll understand and still my best prays would convoy you….Anyway, good luck and have a nice beatific and blessed life….
Yours, Farhad from Iran. Saturday, Sep. 23rd, 2006
8:50AM Tehran Time = 5:20AM GMT
Comment by Farhad — September 23, 2006 @ 5:20 am
سلام از صمیم قلب برای شما آرزوی موÙقیت میکنم به امید دیدار
Comment by ahmad — September 23, 2006 @ 5:21 am
Wow.
Here I am, completely disconnected with the Persian community, and I find out about you.
Me, I’m from Montreal, Canada. I no longer see limits, I’ve been here myself in university with no family, struggling to make ends meet and doing whatever it takes to get where I need to.
Your story was a boost. It was a real boost. Exactly what I needed for tomorrow.
Have you been to montreal? You must visit me!
Comment by Vanessa Delsooz — September 23, 2006 @ 5:23 am
just wanted to say thank you!
you made us proud…
God bless you
journalist from tehran
Comment by Eli — September 23, 2006 @ 5:27 am
Greetings,
Please say a few words in Persian in one of your televised press conferences from the ISS.
Bacheh Khuzistan
Comment by M. Farvardin — September 23, 2006 @ 5:29 am
سلام انوشةعزيز
بابهترين آرزوها براي تو كه به قلب همةمااميد وعشق دادي
وازاينجا يك گوشةكوچك ازايران (كوير يزد) ميبوسمت
دوستدارت نوشين
Comment by noushin — September 23, 2006 @ 5:43 am
You are truely an inspiration to us all
God bless
Kev
sl4sp.wordpress.com/
Comment by sl4sp — September 23, 2006 @ 5:50 am
Dear Anuosheh,
I’m an academc staff of Yazd University. I read your weblog every day and I’ve recommended it to my students. we wish you the best all of the times.
bye
Ali
Comment by Ali Fathzadeh — September 23, 2006 @ 5:54 am
Hi
I’ve written several comments but none of them was showed. Why???
Comment by Farhad — September 23, 2006 @ 5:57 am
salam
arezooye movafaghiyat va toole omr dar meghyase sale noori
Comment by zahra lotfi — September 23, 2006 @ 6:03 am
Hi!
You must have the coolest blogg ever made. I hope you feel good most of the time. When you get back home you can be the new “seven-of-nine” (or whatever her name is) in Star Trek
I also read the comments here and understand that I have to find Nasa TV. And people is talking about looking at ISS from the ground. I want that too. Is it flying, orbiting (or whatever it does) over Gothenburg, Sweden? How can I find that out?
If it is going over here I will wave to you, I’m the guy with the blue t-shirt…
Anyway thanks for blogging… YOU ARE SUPERCOOL!!!
Comment by Mikael — September 23, 2006 @ 6:04 am
Greetings to you Anousheh from the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, Canada.
I can see that you are enjoying the adventure of a lifetime. In my life, a trip into orbit around the Earth to behold it in its serene awesome beauty would be the greatest adventure of all. I with my family have had many hiking adventures into wild natural places throughout the Canadian West from prairie badlands to Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Long Beach shore on Vancouver Island. We have stood on mountaintops and many other wild places taking in profoundly wonderful vistas.
In the dark of the still quiet night I have pondered the stars and the riddle of our existence. Once, at midnight I sat in my canoe on a silent lake as smooth as glass. As I looked up I saw the beauty of the stars and when I looked down into the water I saw the beauty of the stars. It was a moment that stood still and burned its image into the depth of my being. There I was in the very centre of the Universe. That was my impression. I always feel a great joy and peace when I am taking the world into my heart and soul.
Years ago in July 1969 when I was 13 years old I sat with my Dad into the wee hours of the morning to watch Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin step onto the moon for the first walk on the moon. I am still thrilled and amazed to follow the great adventures of our space pioneers of which you are one. You have made history now as the first lady tourist to go on tour as an adventurer.
Thank you so much for sharing with the world your personal first hand impressions. I am sure you will touch many hearts. May your message of peace flow like the rivers throughout the continents to bring life giving water to quench the thirst of all the people of the world.
Frieden zu Ihnen…from my ancestral language German “Peace to you.â€
Bryan
Comment by Bryan Brost — September 23, 2006 @ 6:16 am
Dear Anousheh,
We had an excellent Seminar Thursday and a very good absorvation of your new home today morning.
Hope to have very enjoyable, memorable and safe journey.
We are waitig for your safe Reentry.
Shahram Yazdanpanah
Space Science & Technology Researcher
www.spacescience.ir
Comment by Shahram Yazdanpanah — September 23, 2006 @ 6:26 am
Dear Mrs. Ansari,
I read all the readings item in your weblog and now I can’t control myself and also I can’t control my tears. You’re the best. I really felt upset when I read you were sick, but again I could breathe when I read you’re healthy now. I wish you all the best in your trip. Please take care of yourself; we are all very worried about you.
Love,
Golnaz
Comment by Golnaz — September 23, 2006 @ 6:28 am
Thank you for explaining how you felt and about the motion sickness. There must have been lots of anxiousness for you that you wouldn’t recover at all but thank goodness, eh?!
I look forward to your next instalment
Comment by Doris — September 23, 2006 @ 6:31 am
Anousheh - thank you so much for your detailed personal account, it is fascinating to hear what it is really like from your point of view, the things we never hear from the official space agencies. I hope you are feeling well for all of your time on the ISS.
Comment by Melanie Swan — September 23, 2006 @ 6:40 am
Salaam Khanoome Ansari Be asemoone mihaneton khoshamadin!
ØµØ¨Ø Ø±ÙˆØ² شنبه اول مهرماه سال 85 آسمان صا٠و دوست داشتنی ایران میزبان شیئ نورانی Øامل نخستین بانوی Ùضانورد ایرانی بود!عجب ØµØ¨Ø Ø¨Ø§Ø´Ú©ÙˆÙ‡ÛŒ !Ú†Ù‡ تصاد٠بجایی !نخستین روز Ù‡Ùته Ùˆ نخستین روز مهرو پاییز Ú©Ù‡ برای همه ما ایرونیها یاد آور شروع Ùصل دانش اندوزیه Ùˆ میز بانی نخستین بانوی دانشمند Ùˆ پرتلاش Ùˆ شجاع !Ø¢Ùرین بر شما!Ùقط Øی٠که خیلی زود آسمون وطن را ترک کردین .چاره ای نبود.با اعلام رسمی Ú©Ù‡ شده بود خیلی از ایرانیها از ساعت 5 بامداد منتظر ورود شما به آسمون میهنتون بودند .امید واریم سÙر پر بار Ùˆ بیخطر داشته باشید Ùˆ موÙÙ‚ بشید به تمام اهداÙتون برسید. راستی به سایر همسÙراتون هم سلام برسونین وبهشون بگین براشون آرزوی موÙقیت داریم.
خدانگهدار.
Comment by A woman engineer from iran — September 23, 2006 @ 6:54 am
hi
it’s grate for us,if your read Ferdowsi,Hafez,Molavi,Saadi and khayam poems there loudly.this poems is orgined from persian civilization…
be careful
be safe and charming on 29 sep
bye
Comment by ali — September 23, 2006 @ 7:34 am
It is so wonderful to read your posts, you have a great way of describing your unique experiences and feelings, on something like a female way as well.
Have a great time, enjoy every second - and tell us more!
All the best from Dusseldorf/ Germany
Steffi
Comment by Steffi — September 23, 2006 @ 7:38 am
سلام
کاش روزی ما هم بتوانیم مانند شماÙضا را تجربه کنیم
شمابه عنوان ایرانی مایه اÙتخار ما هستید
this is not my language
but I think you are closer to God now,its wonderful moment you are rotating around our little world,the blue treasure which is now short of breath…
have beautiful time
Comment by A.R.Jamshidi — September 23, 2006 @ 7:40 am
سلام
این دومین باره که دارم براتون کامنت میزارم.
از اینکه تو نوشته هاتون به جزییات توجه میکنین خیلی از شما Ù&hel