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DCA77 - 20010322 - STAR CITY, RUSSIAN FEDERATION : (FILES): This May 2000 file photo shows wealthy US businessman Dennis Tito during zero gravity training in a Russian comsonaut aircraft above Star City, Russia. NASA is working to overcome the row sparked by its Russian space partners over their 20-million USD contract to send Tito to the International Space Station (ISS). (, , MANDATORY CREDIT: SPACE ADVENTURES, LTD) - PHOTO AFP/SPACE ADVENTURES, LTD/-/DEC

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FILE--American millionaire Dennis Tito from Santa Monica, Calif., sits inside the Soyuz TM capsule mock-up during training at the cosmonauts' training center in Star City near Moscow in this Sept. 14, 2000, file photo. Four cosmonauts are refusing to take part in NASA training without their millionaire comrade, Dennis Tito. Tito has deposited millions of dollars in an escrow account to be released to the cash-strapped Russian space authorities the moment he is launched as the first space tourist. (AP Photo/File)

KASACHSTAN DENNIS TITO

Unidentified officers of Russian Space Agency help The American space tourist Dennis Tito to put on his spacesuit just before the launch of the Soyuz TM32 spaceship at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakstan, Saturday, April 28, 2001. (KEYSTONE/AP PHOTO/Mikhial Metzel) === ELECTRONIC IMAGE ===

RUSSLAND RAUMFAHRT DENNIS TITO

California millionaire Dennis Tito looks on during practiced maneuvers in a Soyuz training capsule for the exam marking the end of the crew's training at cosmonaut training center in Star City outside, Moscow, in this April 10, 2001. Managers of the International Space Station agreed Tuesday April 24, 2001 to allow the American to visit the orbiting laboratory as a tourist despite concerns about the safety of having a lesser-trained nonprofessional aboard. (KEYSTONE/AP PHOTO/Str) === ELECTRONIC IMAGE ===

WELTRAUM TOURIST DENNIS TITO

First space tourist American billionair Dennis Tito gestures, greeting his friends and relatives during dressing into the space suit before the launch at cosmodrome Baikonu, Saturday April 28, 2001. (KEYSTONE/EPA PHOTO/SERGEI CHIRIKOV)

KASACHSTAN DENNIS TITO

60-year-old American multimillionaire Dennis Tito, center, gestures shortly after his landing in the Central Asian steppe, 80 km (50 miles) north-east of Arkalyk, Kazakstan, Sunday, May 6, 2001. The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying the world's first paying space tourist landed successfully on Sunday, ending Dennis Tito's multimillion dollar cosmos adventure. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Mikhial Metzel) === ELECTRONIC IMAGE ===

KASACHSTAN START DENNIS TITO

Russian cosmonauts Talgat Musabayev (up) shows space tourist American billionair Dennis Tito (C) how the cosmonaut should wave farewell before getting into the space craft at cosmodrome Baikonur, Saturday April 28, 2001. (KEYSTONE/EPA PHOTO/SERGEI CHIRIKOV)

KASACHSTAN DENNIS TITO

Russian specialists check space suits of the crew of "Soyuz TM-32" Yuri Baturin (L), tourist Dennis Tito (C) and commander Talgat Musabayev (R) before the launch at cosmodrome Baikonur April 28, 2001. (KEYSTONE/EPA PHOTO/SERGEI CHIRIKOV)

KASACHSTAN DENNIS TITO

First space tourist American billionair Dennis Tito shakes hands with General Valery Grin, chairman of the state commission before getting into the spacecraft at cosmodrome Baikonur April 28, 2001. Commander Talgat Musabayev is in the centre of the crew and Yuri Baturin is right. (KEYSTONE/EPA PHOTO/SERGEI CHIRIKOV)

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AST01 - 20010506 - ARKALYK, KAZAKHSTAN : US space tourist Deni Tito gestures after landing close to the Kazakh town of Arkalyk (some 300 km from Astana), Sunday 06 May 2001. The world's first-ever space tourist Dennis Tito hailed a trip to Paradise after the US millionaire and two Russian cosmonauts successfully landed back on earth. - PHOTO AFP/ALEXANDER NEMENOV/an/rc

KASACHSTAN DENNIS TITO

60-year-old American multimillionaire Dennis Tito, left, Russian cosmonauts Talgat Musabaev, center, and Yuri Baturin clasp hands shortly after their landing in the Central Asian steppe, 80 km (50 miles) north-east of Arkalyk, Kazakstan, Sunday, May 6, 2001. The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying the world's first paying space tourist landed successfully on Sunday, ending Dennis Tito's multimillion dollar cosmos adventure. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Mikhial Metzel) === ELECTRONIC IMAGE ===

KASACHSTAN SOYUZ START

A Russian Soyuz booster rocket stands on its launch pad during final preparations for the Saturday blast-off for the international space station, at Baikonur, Kazakstan, Thursday April 26, 2001. The Soyuz will carry two Russian cosmonauts and U.S. space tourist Dennis Tito, who is paying Russia up to dlrs 20 million for a week-long trip to the station. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel) === ELECTRONIC IMAGE ===

KASACHSTAN START SOYUZ

Russian "Soyuz TM-32 "rocket takes off from the launch pad at the cosmodrome Baikonur, Saturday April 28, 2001. (KEYSTONE/EPA PHOTO/SERGEI CHIRIKOV)

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Dennis Tito, first space tourist, on the International Space Station (ISS). Tito, an American multimillionaire, paid $20 million (almost (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/NASA)

SPACE STATION DENNIS TITO

TV-grab taken from the Russian NTV channel shows Russian cosmonauts Talgat Musabayev (R) and Yuri Usachev (L) helping first-ever space tourist Dennis Tito (C) to enter the International Space Station after successful docking of the Russian Soyuz TM-32 vessel, Monday April 30, 2001. Russian Soyuz TM-32 vessel carrying space tourist Dennis Tito docked with the International Space Station at 0757 GMT, 10 minutes earlier than had originally been scheduled. (KEYSTONE/EPA PHOTO/NTV)

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Dennis Tito, first space tourist, on the International Space Station (ISS). Tito (left), an American multimillionaire, paid $20 million (almost (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/NASA)

SPACE STATION DENNIS TITO

California millionaire Dennis Tito, left, plays with a globe during a meeting of the Soyuz and the international space station's crewmen shortly upon Soyuz's docking to the station, in this image from the television, Monday, April 30, 2001. Shown from left are: Tito, Russian cosmonauts Talgat Musabayev, Yuri Baturin and Yuri Usachev, U.S. astronaut Jim Voss. Tito is paying as much as dlrs 20 million for this adventure of a lifetime. (KEYSTONE/AP PHOTO/ Russian Space Agency) === TV OUT ===

SPACE STATION DENNIS TITO

California millionaire Dennis Tito, left, gestures shortly upon his arrival to the international space station, in this image from the television, Monday, April 30, 2001. Shown in the background are: space station commander Yuri Usachev, center, bottom, Russian cosmonauts Talgat Musabayev, right, and Yuri Baturin, center, top. Tito is paying as much as dlrs 20 million for this adventure of a lifetime. (KEYSTONE/AP PHOTO/ Russian Space Agency) === TV OUT ===

KASACHSTAN RUSSLAND USA SOYUZ TITO

Dennis Tito (b.1940), space tourist, (middle) being photgraphed eating after returning from the Soyuz TM-32 spaceflight, Arpil 2001. Tito, a multi- millionaire American businessman, paid $20 million (£14m) to join this Russian flight to the International Space Station (ISS), becoming the first space tourist to pay for his own ticket. He spent almost 8 days in orbit and docked with the ISS. He was sixty when he took part in the flight. Prior to being a businessman, Tito worked as a scientist for NASA at the Jet Propulsion Unit (JPL). (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/CHR 366 RIA NOVOSTI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY) === ===

KASACHSTAN DENNIS TITO

60-year-old American multimillionaire Dennis Tito waves while sitting inside the Soyuz capsule shortly after its landing in the Central Asian steppe, 80 km (50 miles) north-east of Arkalyk, Kazakstan, Sunday, May 6, 2001. Others are unidentified. The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying the world's first paying space tourist landed successfully on Sunday, ending Dennis Tito's multimillion dollar cosmos adventure. (KEYSTONE/AP PHOTO/Str)

RUSSLAND KONTROLLZENTRUM

First-ever space tourist Dennis Tito (C), Russian cosmonauts Talgat Musabayev (R) and Yuri Baturin (L) give a press conference on board the International Space Station (ISS), as cameramen of various TV channels gather in the mission control centre in the city of Korolyov, near Moscow, Friday May 04, 2001. Russian space officials denied on 03 May they had agreed to reimburse the United States for costs related to millionaire Dennis Tito's pioneering space adventure. (KEYSTONE/EPA PHOTO/SERGEI CHIRIKOV)

KASACHSTAN SOYUZKAPSEL LANDUNG

ASThe 'Soyuz' landing capsule lays on the ground not far from Kazakh town of Arkalyk (some 300 km from Astana), Sunday 06 May 2001, with US space tourist Dennis Tito and Russian cosmonauts Yuri Baturin and Talgat Musabayev on board, waiting for the rescue team, after the crew's landing. (KEYSTONE/- PHOTO/AFP/ALEXANDER NEMENOV)

KASACHSTAN SOYUZKAPSEL LANDUNG

Russian Space Agency search-and-rescue team's officers run toward Soyuz capsule with U.S. multimillionaire Dennis Tito and Russian cosmonauts shortly after its landing in the Central Asian steppe, 80 km (50 miles) north-east of Arkalyk, Kazakstan, Sunday, May 6, 2001. The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying the world's first paying space tourist landed successfully on Sunday, ending Dennis Tito's multimillion dollar cosmos adventure. (AP Photo/Mikhial Metzel)

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AST06 - 20010506 - ARKALYK, KAZAKHSTAN : Russian rescue team tries to open "Souyz" landing capsule with international space crew on board, including US space tourist Dennis Tito after its landing near the Kazakh town of Arkalyk (some 300 km from Astana), 06 May 2001. The world's first-ever space tourist Dennis Tito hailed a trip to Paradise after the US millionaire and two Russian cosmonauts successfully landed back on earth. - PHOTO AFP/ALEXANDER NEMENOV/an/rc

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AST04 - 20010506 - ARKALYK, KAZAKHSTAN : US space tourist Deni Tito (L) and Russian cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev (R) look out from "Soyuz" capsule after their landing near the Kazakh town of Arkalyk (some 300 km from Astana), 06 May 2001. The world's first-ever space tourist Dennis Tito hailed a trip to Paradise after the US millionaire and two Russian cosmonauts successfully landed back on earth. - PHOTO AFP/ALEXANDER NEMENOV/an/rc

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U.S. space tourist Dennis Tito raises the U.S. flag during a traditional ceremony at a cosmonauts training center in Baikonur, Kazakstan, while Russian space commanders salute in the background, April 25, 2001. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)