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The First Civilian Tourist In Space

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Amid controversy, California business man Dennis Tito became the first civilian and paying tourist in space when he took off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket on April 28, 2001.

Tito paid an estimated $20 million for the eight day trip to the International Space Station. NASA officials believed that the timing was not right for a civilian to visit the station due to safety concerns and a potential work slowdown during the installation of the Canadian robotic arm.

Source: SPACE.com

Posted:  2002-08-21  3:44:18 PM

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