Anousheh Ansari

Toren Altair writes "Space Adventures announced today that Charles Simonyi, Ph.D., intends to train with the Soyuz TMA-14 crew in preparation for a spring mission in 2009 to the International Space Station. Simonyi flew his first space mission in 2007. He would be the first space tourist to...  

A SPACE tourist who trained for a flight aboard the International Space Station has sued to get his money back, after he was denied a seat.  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: A Japanese businessman who trained for a 10-day flight aboard the International Space Station has sued to get his money back, claiming he was defrauded of $21 million by the U.S. firm that arranged the venture.  

CAPE CANAVERAL – A Japanese businessman who trained for a 10-day flight aboard the International Space Station has sued to get his money back, claiming he was defrauded of US$21 million by the US firm that arranged the venture.  

A JAPANESE businessman who trained for a 10-day flight aboard the International Space Station has sued to get his money back, claiming he was defrauded of $US21 million ($25 million) by the US firm that arranged the venture.  

A Japanese businessman who trained for a 10-day flight aboard the International Space Station has sued to get his money back, claiming he was defrauded of $21 million by the U.S. firm that arranged the venture.  

The Japanese internet tycoon who paid $21 million to become the first space tourist to walk outside the International Space Station wants his money back. In a lawsuit, Daisuke Enomoto, 37, claims that Space Adventures, the private firm with connections to the Russian Federal Space Agency...  

Space tourist Richard Garriott is gearing up for an October launch.  

STAR CITY, Russia, Sept 23 (AFP) Sep 23, 2008 US multi-millionaire businessman and space tourist in training Richard Garriott said Tuesday it was his lifelong dream to go into orbit, following in the footsteps of his astronaut father.  

STAR CITY, Russia (Reuters) - A Texan 'space tourist' said on Tuesday he was undaunted by two previous jolting re-entries by Russia's Soyuz capsule and was looking forward to conducting his own science experiments in space.  

Richard Garriott, son of a U.S. astronaut, bound for international space station on Oct. 12 aboard Russian Soyuz capsule  

Japanese entrepreneur says he got kicked off Soyuz mission because someone else paid Space Adventures more money at the last minute.  

PARSA Community Foundation announced today that Francis Najafi of Phoenix, Arizona has joined its Meadowood Social Venture Fund with a one million dollar donation. This Fund was established in 2006 with an endowment whose proceeds support Persian arts and culture, leadership development, and...  

As a computer game designer, he's made millions creating fantasy worlds. Now, Richard Garriott will live out his own fantasy of spaceflight.  

Astronauts Yury Lonchakov (C) of Russia and Michael Fincke of the US pose for a picture with US space tourist Richard Garriott (L) during their exam at a Cosmonaut Training Centre in Star City outside Moscow, September 18, 2008. Lonchakov, Garriott and Fincke are scheduled to visit the...