Richard Garriott
Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux (né Garriott; born July 4, 1961) is an American video game developer and businessman.
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 Garriott in July 2008 | |
| Born | Richard Allen Garriott July 4, 1961 Cambridge, England |
| Citizenship | American, British[1] |
| Occupation | Video game developer |
| Known for | Ultima series Origin Systems Private astronaut |
| Spouse(s) | Laetitia Pichot de Cayeux (m. 2011) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Relatives | Robert Garriott (brother) |
| Awards | AIAS Hall of Fame Award (2006)[2] |
| Space career | |
| Space Adventures private astronaut// Cast Of an In Space Station Film | |
Time in space | 11d 20h 35m |
| Missions | Soyuz TMA-13/TMA-12 |
Garriott is the son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriott.
On October 12, 2008, Garriott flew aboard the Soyuz TMA-13 mission to the International Space Station as a private astronaut.[3][4] He returned 12 days later aboard Soyuz TMA-12.
Garriott founded the video game development company Portalarium in 2009.[5] He was CEO and creative director of Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues.[6]
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Garriott, dressed as his "Lord British" persona, at the 2018 Game Developers Conference
Richard Garriott (far right) aboard the ISS on October 23, 2008, with the MIT SPHERES Satellites.
Screen capture from Windows on Earth, used by Garriott on ISS to identify targets for Earth photography (Coast of Peru).
Richard Garriot waits his turn at a presentation on "A Species Between Worlds" at Skylight Modern, 537 West 27th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan
References
- ↑ "One on One With Richard 'Lord British' Garriott". PC Gamer (UK): 11. August 2007. https://books.google.com/books?id=kZskAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved April 1, 2016. "PCG: 'How did you come by the alias of Lord British? You're obviously not English. Richard Garriott: 'Actually, that's not true ... I am a British citizen. That said, I only lived there for about two months prior to moving to the States.'".
- ↑ "D.I.C.E Special Awards". Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ↑ Mark Carreau (2008). "$30 million buys Austin resident a ride on Soyuz mission". The Houston Chronicle. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
- ↑ Tariq Malik. Former Astronaut's Son Signs on as Next Space Tourist. SPACE.com. http://www.space.com/news/070928_garriott_spacetourist.html. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
- ↑ About – Portalarium from official company website
- ↑ Garriott de Cayeux, Richard. "By the way..." Google+. Archived from the original on 2017-04-14. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
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