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Space tourist Charles Simonyi trains inside a Soyuz spacecraft simulator before his first flight of April 2007. Simonyi launched on a second orbital mission in 2009, becoming the only two-time ...
Dr Charles Simonyi has made history by becoming the first person to leave Earth for a second time as a space tourist.Space Adventures, Ltd., the only company that currently provides space missions ...
With hisbags packed and his menu set, American entrepreneur Charles Simonyi is ready tolaunch towards the International Space Station (ISS). The Hungary-bornbillionaire is on track to rocket ...
Charles Simonyi, the Hungarian-born billionaire behind the creation of Microsoft Word and Excel, is the only tourist who’s gone twice.He flew to the ISS in 2007 and 2009, paying a total of ...
Not content with his first astronautic experience, Ex-Microsofter billionaire Charles Simonyi is now training for a second trip to the International Space Station in Spring 2009. Travel Tips VIP’s ...
Charles Simonyi, space tourist and former Microsoft executive, is unfazed by recent satellite smashup; he's due to make second flight to international space station on March 26.
Software guru Charles Simonyi joined us for a Live Talk about his space tourism experience on Thursday, Dec. 6.
Today, Charles Simonyi became the first space tourist to make a second paid flight. Just short of two years ago, Simonyi spent two weeks aboard the ISS as the fifth private visitor to the station ...
Simonyi, known as the father of Microsoft Word for his early work on the application software, was the fifth space tourist since the first trip in 2001. He also got the most for his $25 million ...
"The tourists have established a new low standard for flying in space," said Charles Simonyi, who traveled to the International Space Station with Russian cosmonauts in 2007 as a tourist.
Charles Simonyi and crew prepare for delayed re-entry and landing in Kazakhstan. Space Adventures' CEO vows additional tourist flights, but details are uncertain. Bill Harwood has been covering ...
Simonyi was the world’s fifth space tourist, ... Charles Simonyi and his wife Lisa Simonyi stand in front artwork near their Puget Sound area home on January 17, 2013.