Sunday, April 8, 2007

Simonyi heads to space station

U.S. billionaire heads to space station (AP)

As broadcast on Russian RTR Russian Television Channel, Space tourist U.S. billionaire Charles Simonyi, left, seen aboard the space craft before the launch of the Soyuz TMA-10 from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, April 7, 2007. A Russian rocket carrying U.S. billionaire Charles Simonyi and two Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Fyodor Yurchikhin blasted off late Saturday from the Baikonur cosmodrome en route to the international space station. The sign reads Urgent, Launching to International Space Station. (AP Photo/RTR-Russian Television Channel)AP - A Russian rocket carrying the American billionaire who helped develop Microsoft Word roared into the night skies over Kazakhstan Saturday, sending Charles Simonyi and two cosmonauts soaring into orbit on a two-day journey to the international space station.


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