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Richard Garriott After Making It into Space
Credit: First Run Features
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.
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Richard Garriott Floats in the ISS
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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.
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Thumbs Up for Space
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.'
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Private Spaceman Suits Up
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.
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Astronaut Owen Garriott assists his son, Richard Garriott
Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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.
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Have Spacesuit, Will Travel
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.
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Astronaut Owen Garriott assists his son, Richard Garriott
Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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.
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Former Astronaut's Son Set for Space Tourist Trek
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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.
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Space Tourist, Station Crew to Launch Sunday
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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.
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Richard Garriott and Fellow Astronauts
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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.
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Soyuz Crew Waves
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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.
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The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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).
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Soyuz TMA-13 Launch
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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).
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The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
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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).
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Space Tourist, Astronauts to Dock at Station
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.
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New Crew, Space Tourist Arrive at Space Station
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The Soyuz TMA-13 carrying space tourist Richard Garriott and the new Expedition 18 crew approaches the International Space Station on Oct. 14, 2008.
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Astronaut's Son Reboots Dad's Work in Orbit
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Second-generation space explorer Richard Garriott arrives onboard the space station.
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Richard Garriott and Greg Chamitoff
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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.
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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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Richard Garriott ingress the Earth-facing port
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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.
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Latest Space Tourist Gets His Money's Worth
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The Expedition 17 and 18 crews aboard the International Space Station participate in a news conference on Oct. 20, 2008.
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New Space Station Crew Takes Charge
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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.
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Space Tourist, Cosmonauts to Land Tonight
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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.
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Richard Garriott, Back on Earth
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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.
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Richard Garriott Back on Earth
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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.
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Space Adventures Space Tourists, Including Dennis Tito, in Moscow
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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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NY Couple Gets Hitched in Zero Gravity
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
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Soyuz Crew Photo
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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.
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Richard Garriott, Yury Lonchakov and Michael Fincke of Expedition 18
Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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.
