US space tourist in lift-off
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, Oct 12 (AFP) Oct 12, 2008
American millionaire video game guru Richard Garriott followed in his astronaut father's footsteps Sunday, blasting off aboard a Russian rocket to become the world's sixth space tourist.Garriott, 47, along with Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov and US astronaut Michael Fincke, lifted off on schedule from Russia's Baikonur launch pad in Kazakhstan and were to dock with the International Space Station on Tuesday.
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