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American space tourist buys return ticket to orbit

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 23, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Recession or no, billionaire Charles Simonyi couldn't pass up another shot at space, even if it meant shelling out $35 million more.

US space tourist shrugs off 10 mln dollar price hike

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Mar 05, 2009 | not rated yet | 2

American software tycoon Charles Simonyi on Thursday shrugged off a 10 million dollar price hike by Russia for his next space flight, saying space tourism was the way of the future.

US space tourist's return put off by a day

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Apr 03, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- A billionaire American space tourist in the middle of his second stay aboard the international space station will return to Earth a day later than originally planned, Russian space officials said ...

Space Station Crew Landing Moved to Saturday

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Apr 19, 2007 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

The 14th crew of the ISS, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, along with Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, will land at 8:30 a.m. EDT Saturday, April 21 in Kazakhstan.

US space tourist blasts off to space station

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Mar 26, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- A Russian capsule carrying U.S. billionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi sailed into orbit Thursday after blasting off in a roar of fire for the international space station.

Russian ship with tourist docks with space station

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Mar 28, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying second-time space tourist Charles Simonyi docked Saturday at the International Space Station, media reports quoted the control centre near Moscow as saying.

Russian ship with tourist docks with space station: reports

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Mar 28, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying second-time space tourist Charles Simonyi along with a US and a Russian astronaut docked Saturday at the International Space Station, media reports quoted the control centre near Moscow as ...

Expedition 19 Crew Docks with Space Station

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Mar 30, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael Barratt of the 19th International Space Station crew docked their Soyuz TMA-14 to the International Space Station at 9:05 a.m. EDT Saturday.

Happy US-Russian crew deny 'divorce in space'

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Apr 10, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 2

A Russian and US space crew denied on Friday that new rules forbid them from sharing toilets and food in orbit, hailing their work as the "best partnership" in human history.

Russia signs deal to ferry astronauts in 2012

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May 29, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- The Russian space agency says it has signed a $306 million deal with NASA to ferry its astronauts to the international space station in 2012.

Russia space capsule carrying US billionaire lands

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Apr 08, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 1

(AP) -- A Russian spacecraft carrying a crew of three including U.S. billionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi landed safely in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, officials said.

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