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Russian Rocket Blasts Off With US Billionaire Aboard

2007-04-07

          
A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off Saturday for the International Space Station (ISS) with an American billionaire aboard.

The rocket took off as planned from the space centre in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

Hungarian-born space tourist Charles Simonyi, 58, made his fortune in software development and helped develop Microsoft Word. It is believed he paid 16 million euros (21 million dollars) for his eight day space trip. He is accompanied by two Russian cosmonauts.

The rocket is scheduled to dock with the ISS on Monday.

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