'Space tourist' blasts off to ISS

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Fare-paying "space tourist" Gregory Olsen has blasted off on a Russian Soyuz rocket bound for the International Space Station.
His rocket streaked into the clear blue sky at Kazakhstan's Baikonur launch site at 0955 local time (0355GMT).

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Hong Kong resident and Japanese entrepreneur Daisuke Enomoto will become the world's fourth space tourist in October, Space Adventures announced today. Space Adventures has already taken Dennis Tito, Mark Shuttleworth and Greg Olsen on galactic joy rides.

Enomoto was formerly the chief strategic officer of Livedoor, a publicly traded Japanese IT company. Currently, he is an independent investor.

Space Adventure crafts tours and activities for well-heeled adventurers with an interest in space. The company doesn't launch its own rockets. Instead, its customers hitch a ride on commercial launches. The training is somewhat intense and takes months.

The company also flights on MiG fighter jets, cosmonaut training and spaceflight qualification programs.

Source: News.com

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