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Dennis Tito, pictured here after landing back on earth in May 2001, was the world s first space tourist. (Photo / Getty)
First space tourist: It was the greatest moment of my life Sat, 1 May 2021, 3:50PM
On April 30, 2001, US millionaire Dennis Tito arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) via a Russian Soyuz rocket, becoming the world s first space tourist.
For Tito, then 60, it was the culmination of a dream he d held since he was a young man, one he d shelled out a cool $20 million for to make a reality.
Francesca Street, CNN • Published 30th April 2021
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(CNN) On April 30, 2001, US millionaire Dennis Tito arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) via a Russian Soyuz rocket, becoming the world s first space tourist.
For Tito, then 60, it was the culmination of a dream he d held since he was a young man, one he d shelled out a cool $20 million for to make a reality.
Reflecting on the journey two decades on, Tito is gleeful when describing the moment the rocket first went into orbit. The pencils started floating in the air, and I could see the blackness of space and the curvature of the earth, he tells CNN Travel.