South African to Sign Contract with Russia for Tourism Flight

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South African to Sign Contract with Russia for Tourism Flight

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Rosviakosmos (Russian Space Agency) announced that on December 3 it expects to sign a contract with Mark Shuttleworth, 28, Cape Town, South Africa, to become the second space tourist to fly to the International Space Station (ISS). He will participate in a 10-day flight to the ISS using a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Dennis Tito reportedly paid US$20 million for his tourism flight to ISS in April 2001.

Shuttleworth would fly with a Russian cosmonaut and Italian astronaut Roberto Vittori. Vittori’s flight is scheduled for April 2002. The Italian space agency is reportedly paying Russia about US$12.5 million for the training and flight on board the Soyuz spacecraft.

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December 3, 2001