Namira Salim
Namira Salim is an artist and explorer. That professional background preceded Salim's participation in Virgin Galactic's human-spaceflight program.
- Born
- N/A
- Died
- N/A
- Birthplace
- Pakistan
Flights
1
Spacewalks
N/A
EVA time
N/A
In space
1 suborbital flight
Bio
Galactic 04 launched on October 6, 2023 aboard VSS Unity, with Salim serving as Private Astronaut.
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo system is carried aloft by a mothership, released for a rocket-powered suborbital climb, and flown back to a runway landing. Namira Salim therefore has 1 completed spaceflight; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected Salim's professional experience with direct work aboard a crewed spacecraft and a completed flight assignment. The flight converted that professional background into direct experience of launch, weightlessness, Earth viewing, , and recovery.