29 April 2011
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Dennis Tito’s jubilant return to Earth: “I just came back from paradise!”
Ten years ago, US multi-millionaire Dennis Tito became the world’s first-ever space tourist.
He is said to have paid $20m for his eight days in space.
Mr Tito blasted off on 28 April 2001, but only after a struggle to get anyone to take him – the US space agency Nasa refused on the grounds that he was not a trained astronaut, so it was the Russians who facilitated the trip.
To date, only six people have followed in his footsteps – paying for a ticket to orbit in
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