Third Space Tourist Will Fly To The ISS In October

SPACE TRAVEL

File photo of Gregory Olsen at Mission Control in Moscow.

Moscow (SPX) Jul 07, 2005
The third space tourist, Gregory Olsen, will fly in Russia's Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station in October, a spokesman for the Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos), Vyacheslav Davidenko, has told Itar-Tass.

"A contract between Olsen and Roskosmos has been signed lately, and the American tourist has been approved as a member of the ninth visiting mission to the ISS," he told Itar-Tass on Wednesday.

Olsen trained for a space mission in the Star City outside Moscow last year, but was then sidelined for medical contraindications.

SPACE TOURISM

AeraSpaceTours Announces USAF Reserve Major As Chief Mission Commander

Temecula CA (SPX) Jun 29, 2005
David Lessick, an Air Force Reserve Major, has been recruited by AeraSpaceTours as the Chief Mission Commander of the Altairis Rocket which will begin taking passengers into space in 2006.

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