Hungarian Billionaire Travels out of this World

60-year-old Simonyi paid a total of 60 million U.S dollars for his two space trips, but says he will hang up his space suit for good after this last trek. The Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft blasted into the leaden skies from Kazakhstan on schedule. It’s due to dock with the International Space Station in two days' time. When Simonyi first blasted into space in 2006, he was going out with U.S. lifestyle queen Martha Stewart, who gave him an emotional send-off at the cosmodrome. The spacecraft is the last of the seven scheduled for tourist flights to the International Space Station. Russia's space agency says that when the ISS crew is doubled from three to six later this year there will be no space for tourists.

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