Thursday, April 5, 2007

Ready for Space

Russians, U.S. 'tourist' ready for space (AP)

U.S. billionaire Charles Simonyi seen during a stroll near the cosmonauts training center in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, April 4, 2007. The rocket carrying space tourist U.S. billionaire Charles Simonyi and two Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station is scheduled to blast off on Saturday, April 7, 2007. (AP Photo Sergey Ponomarev)AP - In one of their last days before blasting off in a closet-sized capsule, two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. billionaire computer programmer enjoyed an array of earthly pleasures Wednesday — a springtime stroll, a game of pingpong and a freshly cooked lunch.


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