|
|
Shuttle leaves International Space Station after 9-day mission
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
|
The space shuttle Discovery pulled away from the International Space Station early Wednesday as the 123rd mission of the shuttle fleet headed toward a close. (article 6)
The Russian-born co-creator of the internet search engine has made a $5 million ($2.5 million) down-payment to book a seat aboard a specially-built Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station in 2011. (article 10)
Space Adventures has already blasted five tourists into space since investment manager Dennis Tito became the world's first privately funded space flight participant in 2001. (article 10)
Space Adventures was the first company to succeed in the business of space tourism making it possible for millionaire enthusiasts to buy available seats from the Russian federal space agency on flights to the International Space Station. (article 9)
Space Adventures Ltd. said Brin had paid $5 million to reserve a seat on a future flight. (article 8)
Sergey Brin has put down a $5m deposit for a flight aboard a Russian Soyuz space station. (article 12)
This fully dedicated private Soyuz mission, scheduled to take place in the second half of 2011, will have two seats available in the craft for space tourists. (article 7)
He made a $5 million investment in the company that will serve as a deposit on a future flight. (article 11)
|
Other summaries about this story:
Other stories about Space, gamma and station:
Event tracking:
Story keywords
|
Space, gamma, station, NASA, Adventures |
Source articles
- Send news tip to FOXNews.com (FOX News, 06/12/2008, 1157 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 06/11/2008, 11 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 06/12/2008, 11 words)
- Shuttle leaves International Space Station after 9-day mission (cbc.ca, 06/11/2008, 518 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 06/11/2008, 11 words)
- Discovery Heads Back to Earth (nytimes.com, 06/12/2008, 554 words)
- First private mission set for ISS (BBC News, 06/11/2008, 363 words)
- Google co-founder reserves seat to outer space (Washington Post, 06/11/2008, 370 words)
- ABC News: Try Googling: 'Sergey Brin Space' (ABCNews, 06/11/2008, 337 words)
- Google's Sergey Brin to become 'private space explorer' (technology.timesonline.co.uk, 06/12/2008, 412 words)
- Google Co-Founder Books a Space Flight (nytimes.com, 06/11/2008, 601 words)
- Google founder pays $5m for space flight (ft.com, 06/11/2008, 315 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 06/11/2008, 11 words)
|
|
blaster@cs.columbia.edu
|
