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Sara Sabry
Astronaut

Sara Sabry

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Becoming the first Egyptian to travel to space.

Spaceflight milestone

Born
23 May 1993
Birthplace
Unknown

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Sara Sabry

Sara Sabry is an Egyptian engineer and space traveller. Her work combines engineering research with efforts to widen access to the space sector.

Early life

Engineering education

Earned degrees at the American University in Cairo in 2016 and Politecnico di Milano in 2020.

Career

  1. 2021

    Analog mission

    Served as medical officer on a simulated Moon mission at LunAres.

  2. 2022

    Suborbital flight

    Flew on Blue Origin’s NS-22 mission.

Selected work

Spaceflight milestone

Became the first Egyptian, and first African and Arab woman, to reach space.

Beyond work

Access to space

Founded the nonprofit Deep Space Initiative.

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