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Lance Bass Auditions As Cosmonaut
By Associated Press
posted: 02:45 pm ET
25 March 2002
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MOSCOW (AP) _ Lance Bass left Russia on Monday after undergoing a series of health tests in a bid to blast into space onboard a Russian rocket MOSCOW (AP) _ Lance Bass left Russia on Monday after undergoing a series of health tests in a bid to blast into space onboard a Russian rocket. The member of 'N Sync, a popular U.S. boy band, said in May that he always dreamed of traveling into space. He hoped to be ready in time for a fall trip. Bass arrived in Moscow on Friday to submit to an initial medical examination. Further examinations would be required, as would approval from the Russian space agency, which told Interfax news agency on Monday that it has not yet received an official application from Bass. Last year, Dennis Tito became the first space tourist, blasting off on an eight-day trip to the 16-nation international space station for which he reportedly paid the Russian space agency $20 million. The next tourist to go into space will be South African Internet tycoon Mark Shuttleworth, who is scheduled to fly to the space station in April. Russian officials have not released the contract sum, but Shuttleworth said he would pay roughly the same amount as Tito plus some extra for conducting scientific experiments. Russian space officials have said they are mulling over several tourist candidates to visit the station in October.
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