Photo / Koji Sasahara, APHe'll be the first person to pay his own way to the space station in more than a decade, according to Virginia-based Space Adventures, which brokered the deal. The company has sent seven other tourists to the space station, from 2001 to 2009. They will be escorted by Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, who's spent nearly a year aboard the space station on two separate missions. Space Race 2: The sequelThursday's announcement comes amid a flurry of private space initiatives. The Russian Space Agency announced Thursday that a Russian actress and movie director will launch to the space station in October for filming.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 13, 2021 23:26 UTC