Cirkus i rymden
Den 50-årige kanadensiske cirkusmiljardären Guy Laliberté befinner sig i rymden, som världens sjunde så kallade rymdturist.
Space tourist and circus entrepreneur Guy Laliberte has begun his journey as the ”first clown to go into orbit”.The Canadian billionaire was aboard the Soyuz craft which blasted off to the International Space Station (ISS).Mr Laliberte, who founded the Cirque du Soleil theatre company in the 1980s, reportedly paid $35m for his ticket.He says he will make the ISS astronauts laugh during his 12-day stay, and produce a web event that highlights the issue of clean water for all.He was accompanied in the Soyuz TM-16 spacecraft by Russian cosmonaut Maksim Surayev and US astronaut Jeffrey Williams.I’m an artistic person and a creator. I’m not a scientific. I’m not an engineer
Guy LaliberteCirque du Soleil show in space:
The vessel lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 0714 GMT.
The three-man crew is expected to arrive at the ISS on Friday.
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