Article: Space Adventures' Orbital Spaceflight Client Charles Simonyi Successfully Launches to the International Space Station.

Simonyi Makes History as He Commences His Second Space Mission

VIENNA, Va., March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Space Adventures, Ltd., the only company that provides human space missions to the world marketplace, today announced that its orbital client Charles Simonyi and his crew successfully launched aboard a Soyuz-TMA spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan en route to the International Space Station (ISS). Simonyi joins the Expedition 19 crew, which includes Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and NASA astronaut Mike Barratt.

Dr. Simonyi will make history during his spaceflight by becoming the first private explorer to complete a second mission to ...

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