Soyuz TMA-13
Space tourism is the last trend in millionaire holidays; after all, what can be more exciting and original than going on a several day tip to an international space station?
Nothing! Texas computer game millionaire, Richard Garriott apparently reached the same conclusion when he decided to take off in a Russian Soyuz TMA-13 capsule, along with two other persons, from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The other two on board were U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian Yuri Lonchakov.
The family of the latest civilian space traveler watched from a platform as the rocket lifted off and then entered the orbit approximately 10 minutes later.
Owen Garriott, Richard’s father, is a former U.S. astronaut and he was deeply moved by his son’s journey, as he was fully aware of everything that was going on in the capsule.
The space traveller will reach the space station on Tuesday and will remain there for about 10 days, spending his time participating to all sorts of experiments and taking photos of the Earth seen from space, so as to compare them with the ones his father took in 1973.
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This post was written by Dana Ciucalau on October 13, 2008
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Your photograph is of the U.S. Space Shuttle “Atlantis”, not a Soyuz TMA-13.
You were right! Thanks for the tip.