Richard Garriott as seen in "Man on a Mission," a film by Mike Woolf that documents Garriott's 2008 privately paid flight to the International Space Station.
Richard Garriott as seen in "Man on a Mission," a film by Mike Woolf that documents Garriott's 2008 privately paid flight to the International Space Station.
American computer game developer Richard Garriott gives a thumbs up in while wearing a Russian Sokol spacesuit during a weightless ride to celebrate the release of his new game 'Tabula Rasa.'
American entrepreneur Richard Garriott performs a pressure check of his brand new Russian-built Sokol spacesuit for his planned launch into space in October 2008.
Former NASA Skylab and space shuttle astronaut Owen Garriott (left) talks to reporters outside the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan Oct. 8, 2008 as his son, Richard Garriott looks on.
Space tourist Richard Garriott wears a Russian Sokol pressure suit during a seat liner fitting in Russia's Star City. He is due to launch to the International Space Station in October 2008.
Two generations of space travelers participate in the traditional planting of a tree outside the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan Oct. 8, 2008 as former NASA Skylab and space shuttle astronaut Owen Garriott assists his son, Richard Garriott.
Richard Garriott, the world's first American second-generation astronaut, performs a fit check in a Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft for his planned Oct. 12, 2008 launch to the International Space Station.
Soyuz space crew members from left: U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke, Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, and U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott. The three are scheduled to travel to the International Space Station on Oct. 12, 2008.
Richard Garriott (left) and two fellow astronauts as seen in "Man on a Mission," a film by Mike Woolf that documents Garriott's 2008 privately paid flight to the International Space Station.
Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov (bottom), Soyuz commander and Expedition 18 flight engineer; NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander; and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott wave farewell from the steps of the Soyuz launch pad prior to their launch in the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft on Oct. 12, 2008 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 12, 2008 carrying a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS).
The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 12, 2008 carrying a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS).
The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 12, 2008 carrying a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS).
This still from a camera inside the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft show American space tourist Richard Garriott, son of former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, as he launches toward the International Space Station with the Expedition 18 crew from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Oct. 12, 2008.
The Soyuz TMA-13 carrying space tourist Richard Garriott and the new Expedition 18 crew approaches the International Space Station on Oct. 14, 2008.
Second-generation space explorer Richard Garriott arrives onboard the space station.
NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff (left), Expedition 17/18 flight engineer, and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott pose for a photo in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
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.
Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov (right), NASA astronaut Michael Fincke (center), Expedition 18 flight engineer and commander, respectively; and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott ingress the Earth-facing port of the International Space Station's Zarya module after arriving onboard the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft.
The Expedition 17 and 18 crews aboard the International Space Station participate in a news conference on Oct. 20, 2008.
Expedition 17 Commander Sergei Volkov (second from left) shakes hands with Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke after officially handing over the station’s controls on Oct. 22, 2008. From left, the other station residents are Expedition 17 Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 18 flight engineers Greg Chamitoff and Yury Lonchakov and space tourist Richard Garriott.
Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov (left), Oleg Kononenko (center), Expedition 17 commander and flight engineer, respectively; Yury Lonchakov (background, partially obscured), Expedition 18 flight engineer; and American space tourist Richard Garriott are pictured in the Unity node of the International Space Station during their joint mission in October 2008.
Space tourist Richard Garriott (left) and Expedition 17 commander Sergei Volkov (right), both second-generation spaceflyers, rest after landing safely and on target on Oct. 24, 2008 Local Time in Kazakhstan.
Richard Garriott as seen in "Man on a Mission," a film by Mike Woolf that documents Garriott's 2008 privately paid flight to the International Space Station.
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.)
Noah Fulmor and Erin Finnegan float upside down while performing their marriage ceremony onboard the Zero-G plane. Private space traveler Richard Garriott, a millionaire computer game developer, officiated the wedding. Photo courtesy ZERO-G and Steve Boxall
NASA astronaut Michael Fincke (seated right), Expedition 18 commander; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov (seated center), Soyuz commander and Expedition 18 flight engineer; American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott (seated left); backup spaceflight participant Nik Halik (standing left), Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, backup station commander; and NASA astronaut Mike Barratt, backup flight engineer, pose for a photograph prior to the launch of the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft on Oct. 12, 2008 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
From the left, spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, along with cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, Expedition 18 flight engineer, and Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, pose for a portrait in front of their Soyuz TMA-13 capsule during a suited fit check in preparation for a scheduled Oct. 12 launch from the Baikonur launch complex in Kazakhstan.
