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    • NEW YORK, June 11 (AFP) Jun 11, 2008
     The first private space flight to the International Space Station will blast off in 2011 in a deal with the Russian space agency, the US company Space Adventures said Wednesday.

    Google cofounder Sergey Brin will occupy one of the two available seats for "private space explorers," the company said, noting they were "offered to not only individual explorers but also to businesses, organizations, and institutions."




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