PM extends best wishes to Namira for her space mission

ISLAMABAD, Oct 04 (DNA): Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has extended
best wishes to Namira Salim for her upcoming Galactic 04 space mission
on Friday.

In a tweet Wednesday, the Prime Minister said Namira Saleem will be
making history by becoming first Pakistani woman astronaut to travel to
space.

He said Pakistani women are making the whole nation proud by proving
their mettle as trailblazers in multiple fields.

Pakistan’s first astronaut Namira Salim has started training in the
United States for her space journey.

She said that on the first day of training, she and other astronauts
learnt about fitting spacesuits and parachutes to perfection.

In her statement issued from United States, she said, “We are also
trained about the functionality of our custom-made seats in the
spaceship and how to fasten and unfasten our seat belts so we leave our
seats in zero gravity well oriented and take the necessary steps to
maximise our experience in space.”

“We have also learnt to make gentle movements not to bump into windows
or fellow astronauts and how to naturally drift when floating in zero
gravity,” she said.

There will be more exciting second day of training tomorrow (Thursday)
and it will be full of surprises, she said.

Namira Salim is the first woman from Pakistan, who also has the honour
of hoisting the national flag at both the North and South poles.

Salim recently met caretaker Federal Minister for Information and
Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi before her departure to the US for her
onward journey to space.

Namira is determined to raise the Pakistani flag in space as her journey
is a sign of Pakistan’s growing presence in space exploration. DNA