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Space Tourist Pioneer: Dennis Tito
Credit: Space Adventures
American businessman Dennis Tito, the world’s first orbital space tourist, is seen training for his historic 2001 flight to the International Space Station. Tito launched in April 2001 aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft thanks to a $20 million deal brokered by the Virginia-based firm Space Adventures.
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Soyuz Rocket Launch
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The Russian Soyuz rocket launches from the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Each of Space Adventures' spaceflight participants launched aboard a Soyuz rocket.
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Mark Shuttleworth: Thumbs Up
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South African businessman Mark Shuttleworth gives a hearty thumbs up sign during preparations for his 2002 trip to the International Space Station, making him the second space tourist.
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Millionaire Space Tourist Wants to Go Back
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American entrepreneur Greg Olsen floats in weightlessness during a zero-gravity training flight for his 2005 space tourist mission to the International Space Station.
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3rd Space Tourist: Greg Olsen in Croatia
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U.S. entrepreneur Greg Olsen, the world's third space tourist, speaks at the Human Presence in Space Summit in Split, Croatia in August 2007.
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The First Female Space Tourist
Credit: Space Adventures
Ansari X Prize backer Anousheh Ansari gets a push during weightless training aboard a modified aircraft. She flew to the ISS on Sept. 18, 2006 - the world's first female private spaceflyer.
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Anousheh Ansari Honored with Portraits by Peter Max
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Portrait of Anousheh Ansari by artist Peter Max.
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Billionaire Takes Second Trip to Space
Credit: Space Adventures.
Space tourist Charles Simonyi trains for weightless flight.
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Circus Billionaire Says Space Trip Worth Every Penny
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté is in the foreground as the entire crew onboard the International Space Station (ISS) is seen on a screen in the Mission Control Center Moscow in Korolev, Russia shortly after the successful docking of the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft with the International Space Station Oct. 2.
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Former Astronaut's Son Signs on as Space Tourist
American computer game developer Richard Garriott floated in weightlessness inside a Russian Sokol spacesuit during an airplane ride to celebrate the release of his game 'Tabula Rasa.'
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Space Tourist Settles in Aboard Station
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Space tourist Richard Garriott poses for a photograph while storing a protein crystal growth experiment during his October 2008 flight to the International Space Station.
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American Billionaire, Astronauts Share Smiles Aboard Space Station
Credit: NASA TV.
The world's fifth space tourist Charles Simonyi (bottom center) and the joint space station crews of Expeditions 14 and 15 share smiles after speaking with reporters on April 10, 2007. Clockwise from top left are: Expedition 14 commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14/15 flight engineer Sunita Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 15 commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, Simonyi and Expedition 15 flight engineer Oleg Kotov.
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Billionaire Space Tourist’s Landing Delayed a Day
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U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi, the world's first repeat space tourist, floats in the Harmony node of the International Space Station during his 2009 spaceflight.
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Space Clown to Lighten Mood In Orbit
Credit: Space Adventures/ONE DROP Foundation
Guy Laliberte clowns around during training for his space tourist flight to the International Space Station.
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Space Adventures Space Tourists, Including Dennis Tito, in Moscow
Credit: Space Adventures
Six of the seven Space Adventures alums met in Moscow recently to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic spaceflight of April 12, 1961. Left to right: Greg Olsen, Charles Simonyi, Anousheh Ansari, Dennis Tito and Richard Garriott. (Not pictured: Mark Shuttleworth.)
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First-Hand Look: One Family's Unforgettable Zero Gravity Holiday
Credit: Steve Boxall/Zero-G
The Stern family of Colorado float in weightlessness during a Fourth of July holiday flight aboard a Zero Gravity Corporation aircraft on July 4, 2010.
