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2001, the first space "tourist" flew to the ISS with a
Soyuz spacecraft. Since then, four more millionnaires have discovered
the joys of weightlessness while conducting missions in the field
of education, science or working for special causes. Those private
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of Mission
Organized
by: Space Adventures
Scheduled ISS Mission: as a crew member on a bi-annual
"taxi" mission to the ISS; 1 week on board
Price: $30-40 million
Private Mission: leading a customized mission with a
Soyuz TMA spacecraft
Spacewalk Mission: 16 days aboard the ISS with Extra-vehicular
activity ("spacewalk")
Training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
in Star City, Russia
Price: $45-55 million
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First
private space explorers
Dennis Tito, 2001, USA
Mark
Shuttleworth, 2002, South Africa/UK
Greg
Olsen, 2005, USA
Anousheh
Ansari, 2006, Iran/USA
Charles Simonyi, 2007, Hungary/USA
Sheik Muszaphar Shukor, 2007,
Malaysia
Richard
Garriott, 2008, UK
Guy
Laliberté, 2009, Canada |
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