South African signs contract to be second space tourist
South African Internet tycoon Mark Shuttleworth has signed a contract with Russia for a seat aboard a Soyuz that will launch in April to the International Space Station - a flight that would make him the world's second tourist in space. Shuttleworth, 28, a native of Cape Town, South Africa, signed...
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