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Russians hope to be spacewalking after successful rocket launch
Calcutta News.Net
Sunday 12th October, 2008
A Soyuz-FG carrier rocket has lifted off from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan with a crew of three, one of them the sixth space tourist, to the International Space Station.
The three-stage carrier rocket was launched at 11.01 a.m. Moscow time as planned, with the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft subsequently removing from the rocket.
The world's sole orbiter was successfully moved to a higher orbit Oct 4 to receive the Soyuz craft carrying the 18th ISS expedition; US astronaut Mike Fincke, Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and US space tourist Richard Garriott.
The son of a US astronaut, millionaire Garriott made his fortune in online computer games, including the popular Ultima Online, and paid $30 million to become the sixth space tourist to travel to the ISS.
He wants to conduct scientific experiments while onboard and some reports have said he may even undertake a space walk.
The crew was approved by Russia's space agency in late September after a series of preflight tests and medical checks.  Email this story to a friend
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orchidia
10-12-08, 08:13 AM |
Russians hope to be spacewalking after successful rocket launch
the story is so great & amazing.
how i wish to be the next tourist in the outer space.
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