Dennis Tito
American engineer and entrepreneur, also the first space tourist (born 1940) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dennis Anthony Tito (born August 8, 1940) is an American engineer and entrepreneur. In mid-2001, he became the first space tourist to fund his own trip into space, when he spent nearly eight days in orbit as a crew member of ISS EP-1, a visiting mission to the International Space Station. This mission was launched by the spacecraft Soyuz TM-32, and was landed by Soyuz TM-31.
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Born | (1940-08-08) August 8, 1940 (age 83) Queens, New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | New York University (B.S.) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (M.S.) |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
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Space tourist | |
Time in space | 7d 22h 04m[1] |
Selection | 2000[1] |
Missions | ISS EP-1 (Soyuz TM-32 / Soyuz TM-31) |
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