Dennis Tito

Dennis Anthony Tito (born August 8, 1940) is an American engineer and businessman. He is known as the first space tourist to fund his own trip into space.^[1] In mid-2001, he spent nearly eight days in orbit as a crew member of ISS EP-1, a visiting mission to the International Space Station.^[2]

Tito was born in New York City. He studied at New York University and at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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Official crew patch of Soyuz TM-32

References

↑ World's first space tourist 10 years on: Dennis Tito. BBC News (April 30, 2011). Retrieved February 27, 2013.
↑ Julie Mayeda. The forgotten frontier (January 18, 2004)SFGate. Retrieved February 27, 2013.

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[1] World's first space tourist 10 years on: Dennis Tito. BBC News (April 30, 2011). Retrieved February 27, 2013.

[2] Julie Mayeda. The forgotten frontier (January 18, 2004)SFGate. Retrieved February 27, 2013.

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