Namira Salim is set to become the first Pakistani to reach the final frontier as she blasts off on a Virgin Galactic space plane today (Friday).
“Proud to fly the national flag high in space Insha’Allah on October 6,” she said on social media ahead of her departure alongside three other space travellers.
The other two passengers are British advertising executive Trevor Beattie and American astronomy educator Ron Rosano. Virgin Galactic’s chief astronaut instructor Beth Moses will join the trio.
Virgin Galactic announced on Tuesday that it had delayed its next space tourism mission by a day to Friday, October 6.
“The slip will give our team an additional day to complete vehicle prep and checks,” they wrote on their X account. “We look forward to taking to the skies (on Friday)!”
