Space Adventures Presents for the First Time Space Tourist Candidate, Charles Simonyi
Posted on: Friday, 20 October 2006, 12:00 CDT
Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences:
What:
Space Adventures, Ltd., the only company to have sent private passengers to space, invites you to the formal introduction of Charles Simonyi, Ph.D., as a space tourist candidate. The company which organized the flights for the world's first and only space tourists, will announce Dr. Simonyi's training schedule, launch date and the activities that he has planned during his visit to the International Space Station at a press conference to be held at The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington on Thursday, October 26.
In cooperation with the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation, Space Adventures continues its commitment to opening the final frontier to private citizens. This past August, Dr. Simonyi received clearance to begin formal spaceflight training from a Russian medical board that reviewed his general medical health and fitness. Since then, he has begun training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, in preparing for his upcoming spaceflight.
Who:
Charles Simonyi, Ph.D., next space tourist
Eric Anderson, president and CEO, Space Adventures, Ltd.
Bonnie Dunbar, Ph.D., president and CEO, The Museum of Flight and former NASA astronaut
When:
Thurs., Oct. 26, 2006
10:00 a.m.
Where:
The Museum of Flight
Main floor
9404 East Marginal Way South
Seattle, Washington
RSVP by Tue., Oct. 24, 2006
To RSVP, please contact Erin Lundberg, 703-524-7172 ext. 546, elundberg@spaceadventures.com
Schedule an interview with Dr. Simonyi:
To schedule a one-on-one interview (in-person or via phone) with Dr. Simonyi on the 26th, please contact Erin Lundberg at 703-524-7172 ext. 546, elundberg@spaceadventures.com
About Space Adventures:
Space Adventures, the only company to have successfully launched private explorers to space, is headquartered in Vienna, Va. with offices in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Moscow and Tokyo. It offers a variety of programs such as the availability today for spaceflight missions to the International Space Station and around the moon, Zero-Gravity and jet flights, cosmonaut training, spaceflight qualification programs and reservations on future suborbital spacecrafts. The company's advisory board includes Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, Shuttle astronauts Sam Durrance, Robert Gibson, Tom Jones, Byron Lichtenberg, Norm Thagard, Kathy Thornton, Pierre Thuot, Charles Walker, Skylab astronaut Owen Garriott and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Usachev. For more information, please visit www.spaceadventures.com.
Source: Business Wire
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