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• Google founder visits Russian cosmodrome
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Google co-founder Sergey Brin, considering going into space on a private flight, made a surprise visit to Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome on Saturday to wish good luck to a fellow space tourist. Richard Garriott, a U.S. computer ...
• U.S. space tourist blasts off in Soyuz rocket
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Soyuz spacecraft with two Americans and a Russian on board lifted off from Kazakhstan on Sunday for the international space station. The Soyuz TMA-13 capsule carrying American computer game millionaire Richard Garriott soared ...
• Space millionaire confident ahead of liftoff
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Richard Garriott, a U.S. space tourist due to travel to space on a Russian spaceship on Sunday, said he was unfazed by the prospect of a bumpy ride back to Earth, saying he expected to land safely. Crews returning from the ...
• Veteran space station crew ready to fly
Expedition 18 commander Michael Fincke and flight engineer Yury Lonchakov, both veteran spaceflyers, are due to launch Oct. 12 aboard a Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome spaceport in the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan ...
• Elite club lets space tourist cut in line
EDT (0703 GMT) aboard a Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft from the Central Asian spaceport of Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. That particular Soyuz spacecraft, Simonyi added, will be his trip home next year. "I'm looking forward to see the crew that ...