PM Kakar wishes luck to Pakistan’s first female astronaut,
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s first astronaut Namira Salim has started training in the United States for her space journey. She said that on the first day of training, she and other astronauts learnt about fitting spacesuits and parachutes to perfection.
In her statement issued from United States, she said, “We are also trained about the functionality of our custom-made seats in the spaceship and how to fasten and unfasten our seat belts so we leave our seats in zero gravity well oriented and take the necessary steps to maximise our experience in space.”
“We have also learnt to make gentle movements not to bump into windows or fellow astronauts and how to naturally drift when floating in zero gravity,” she said. There will be more exciting second day of training tomorrow (Thursday) and it will be full of surprises, she said.
Namira Salim is the first woman from Pakistan, who also has the honour of hoisting the national flag at both the North and South poles. Salim recently met caretaker Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi before her departure to the US for her onward journey to space. Namira is determined to raise the Pakistani flag in space as her journey is a sign of Pakistan’s growing presence in space exploration.
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Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has wished success to Namira Salim, who is set to become Pakistan’s first Pakistan’s first female space tourist.
“Good Luck Namira Salim. I wish you success when you’re ready to make history on 06 October by becoming the 1st [Pakistan] woman to travel to space in the #Galactic04,” he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.PM Kakar went on to add that Pakistani women are making the whole nation proud by proving their mettle as trailblasers in multiple fields.
On October 5, Namira Salim will go sub-orbital on a Virgin Galactic flight that she purchased as one of the pioneering space tourists 17 years ago.
She will become the first female United Arab Emirates resident and Pakistan’s first female space tourist.
In 2006, the government of Pakistan officially recognised Namira as the first Pakistani astronaut. The announcement was followed by her appointment as the Honorary Ambassador of Tourism for Pakistan in 2007 by the Ministry of Tourism.
Good Luck Namira Salim @namirasalim.
I wish you success when you’re ready to make history on 06 October by becoming the 1st 🇵🇰 woman to travel to space in the #Galactic04
By proving their mettle as trailblazers in multiple fields, 🇵🇰 women are making the whole nation proud— Anwaar ul Haq Kakar (@anwaar_kakar) October 4, 2023
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