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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.
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.
American entrepreneur Charles Simonyi peers out of the hatch of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft simulator during prelaunch training for his 13-day flight to the International Space Station. (Image ...
Software guru Charles Simonyi joined us for a Live Talk about his space tourism experience on Thursday, Dec. 6.
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 ...
Simonyi was the world’s fifth space tourist, spending a total of 30 days in space, rocketing upward twice to the International Space Station.
Charles Simonyi and crew prepare for delayed re-entry and landing in Kazakhstan. Space Adventures' CEO vows additional tourist flights, but details are uncertain.
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.
I imagine the first thing on everyone’s mind when they return from space is “When the f%&@ can I go back!?” Today, Charles Simonyi became the first space tourist to make a second paid flight ...
Billionaire Charles Simonyi, the 5th civilian space traveller ever, has now completed more than a week of his 13-day space journey. He's currently enjoying zero gravity on board the International ...
A Russian rocket carrying U.S. billionaire Charles Simonyi and two cosmonauts blasted off late Saturday from the Baikonur cosmodrome en route to the international space station. The Soyuz capsule ...