Sara Sabry
Sara Sabry | |
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| سارة صبري (Arabic) | |
Sabry at Dubai Future Forum 2024 | |
| Born | May 23, 1993 |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Citizenship | Egyptian |
| Education | American University in Cairo (BS) Polytechnic University of Milan (MS) University of North Dakota |
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| Known for | First Egyptian, and first Arab or African woman, to travel to space. CEO of the Deep Space Initiative. |
| Space career | |
| Spaceflight participant | |
Flight time | 10m 20s |
| Selection | Space For Humanity: Citizen Astronaut Program (2022) |
| Missions | Blue Origin NS-22 |
Mission insignia | |
Sara Sabry (born May 23, 1993) is an Egyptian engineer, citizen astronaut, and entrepreneur. In 2022, as part of the Blue Origin NS-22 mission, she became the first Egyptian to travel into space, as well as the first African and Arab woman. She is also the founder and CEO of the Deep Space Initiative, a non-profit organization.
In 2021, she completed a two-week Moon mission simulation, and has also completed an astronaut training program at Florida Tech, making her the first Egyptian woman qualified to conduct research in sub-orbital space.
Sabry is an international keynote speaker, sharing her experiences in entrepreneurship, space travel, technology, and overcoming personal obstacles. She currently researches planetary spacesuits with the NASA-funded Human Spaceflight Lab at the University of North Dakota.