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Russian spacecraft docks at space station

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-10-02 17:58

Canadian billionaire Guy Laliberte makes a victory sign after putting on his space suit at Baikonur cosmodrome September 30, 2009. [Agencies]

MOSCOW: A Russian spaceship with two astronauts and one space tourist aboard docked with the International Space Station (ISS), the Mission Control outside Moscow said on Friday.

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The space capsule, with the 21st ISS crew Russian and US astronauts Maxim Surayev and Jeffrey Williams on board, blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. 

Canadian billionaire Guy Laliberte, founder and CEO of the world-renowned acrobatic group Cirque du Soleil, joined the mission as world's seventh space tourist. 

It is reported that Laliberte has spent around US$50 million for the trip, 15 million dollars more than his predecessor.