The world's first female space tourist Anousheh Ansari (top) and US astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria wave just before boarding the space ship at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Ansari has launched her multi-million dollar adventure, blasting off with two professional astronauts from the Baikonur cosmodrome bound for the International Space Station (ISS). [AFP]

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