25 years ago today, one man paid $20 million to become the first space tourist

25 years ago today, one man paid $20 million to become the first space tourist

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On April 28, 2001, a sixty-year-old American businessman climbed into a Russian Soyuz capsule on a launchpad in Kazakhstan and rode it into orbit . He wasn’t ...

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On April 28, 2001, a sixty-year-old American businessman climbed into a Russian Soyuz capsule on a launchpad in Kazakhstan and rode it into orbit . He wasn’t ...

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