KAZAKHSTAN, Baikonur : The Russian Soyuz TMA-9 rocket carrying the world's first female space tourist, Anoushen Ansari, US Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin takes off from the Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, early 18 September 2006. The Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft carrying the world's first female tourist and the two professional astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) has successfully entered orbit, officials at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan said.