{"id":52,"date":"2010-02-05T14:03:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T14:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/?p=52"},"modified":"2010-02-05T14:03:07","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T14:03:07","slug":"spacetourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/spacetourists\/","title":{"rendered":"List of space tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1960, American pilot Joe Kittinger skydived from a hot air balloon<\/a> at 102,800 feet (31 151 metres), essentially making him the first man in space. But Russian Yuri Gugarin’s Vostok rocket flight in April 1961 is generally considered as the first space flight. Since, some 500 people<\/a> have gone into space on government-funded projects. By 2009, only
\n7 private citizens had visited the International Space Station (ISS) self-funded.<\/p>\n

List of the first space tourists<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/th>\nSpace tourist<\/th>\nCountry<\/th>\nBusiness<\/th>\nCost<\/th>\nCraft<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
2001, April<\/td>\nDennis Tito, 60<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\nEntrepreneur<\/td>\n$20m<\/td>\nSoyuz TMA-32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002, April<\/td>\nMark Shuttleworth, 28<\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/td>\nSoftware<\/td>\n$20m<\/td>\nSoyuz TMA-34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005, October<\/td>\nGreg Olsen, 60<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\nOptoelectronics<\/td>\n$20m<\/td>\nSoyuz TMA-7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006, September<\/td>\nAnousheh Ansari, 40<\/td>\nUSA (Iranian)<\/td>\nTelecoms<\/td>\n$20m<\/td>\nSoyuz TMA-9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007, April<\/td>\nCharles Simonyi<\/a>, 58<\/td>\nUSA (Hungarian)<\/td>\nSoftware<\/td>\n$25m<\/td>\nSoyuz TMA-10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008, October<\/td>\nRichard Garriott, 47<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\nGame Software<\/td>\n$25m<\/td>\nSoyuz TMA-13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009, March<\/td>\nCharles Simonyi, 60
\n(second trip)<\/td>\n		USA (Hungarian)<\/td>\nSoftware<\/td>\n$30m<\/td>\nSoyuz TMA-14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009, September<\/td>\nGuy Laliberte, 49<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\nCirque du Soleil<\/td>\n$25m<\/td>\nSoyuz TMA-16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

International Space Station<\/a><\/p>\n

Don’t delay, book your flight today at Space Adventures<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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