# Anousheh Ansari on Reddit (u/Anousheh_Ansari)

Part of Scientists on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/scientists-on-reddit/anousheh-ansari

Anousheh Ansari: Engineer, first woman to fly to space privately.

- Reddit account: [u/Anousheh_Ansari](https://www.reddit.com/user/Anousheh_Ansari/) (AMA only)
- How we know it's theirs: [The 2016 r/science AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/54pzmg/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/science (65)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2016 to 2016
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anousheh_Ansari

## Moments

### u/Anousheh_Ansari in r/science, Sep 27, 2016 · Personal story

Replying to a redditor:

> Would you say that you've always had a passion for space flight? Or was this more of an adventure you were able to fulfill like a check off of a bucket list? What was the training before your flight like and how long before the flight date did you have to train? I desperately…

> I wanted to go to space since I was 6 years old.  I never knew how because I was living in Iran but I just knew I would find a way.  I even prayed for aliens to abduct me :)

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/54pzmg/comment/d84kpy9/ · 13 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/Anousheh_Ansari in r/science, Sep 27, 2016 · Normal redditor

Replying to a redditor:

> What did you wanted to become when you were a child?

> are you kidding? an Astronaut :)
> Specifically I wanted to be Ms. Spock. I wanted to be the Science Officer on board space ship Enterprise!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/54pzmg/comment/d84jqcy/ · 84 points as of Nov 7, 2026