Moscow ? Like millions of children, Anousheh Ansari dreamed and wondered about the stars. Next month the Iranian-born U.S. entrepreneur can get a closer look, as she rides a Russian capsule to the international space station and becomes the first female space tourist.

The most exciting moment in her voyage will likely come when she first sees Earth “as a blue, glowing globe against the dark background of the cosmos,” Ansari, 39, told a news conference Wednesday at the Russian cosmonaut training center outside Moscow.

The Soyuz launch is scheduled for Sept. 14 but it could be delayed four days if a launch of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis interferes. That would happen if the shuttle takes off for the station anytime from Sept. 6-8, which is likely, said Nikolai Sevastyanov, head of state-controlled RKK Energiya, Russia’s leading space company.