And there was: " Helen Sharman (born May 30, 1963), a British chemist who flew to the Mir space station May 18-26, 1991. " Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_was_the_first_British_female_astronaut#ixzz1KokOCDIm John WA4WDL -------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris Welch" <Welch@isu.isunet.edu> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 3:46 AM To: "Phillip Clark" <phillipclark@btinternet.com>; <Skywayinc@aol.com>; <kfetter@yahoo.com>; <seesat-l@satobs.org> Subject: RE: first space tourist went into orbit 10 years ago > At the risk of getting significantly off-seesat-topic... > > Sultan Salman Abdulaziz Al-Saud was a Payload Specialist on STS-51G in > 1985. At the time he was employed by Arabsat and was on-board because > Arabsat-1B was deployed on that flight. This was a work trip by a > professional astronaut. > > Toyohiro Akiyama flew to Mir and spent a week there making TV reports for > his employers, the Tokyo Broadcasting System, who had paid $28 million for > the opportunity. He suffered quite severe 'space sickness'and so did not > carry as much of his planned activities as expected, which included some > science experiments. This was certainly the first *commercial* astronaut > flight, but since it was paid for by his employers, it cannot - in my > opinion - be considered tourism. Maybe the first 'space business trip'? > > Denis Tito was the first individual to pay for a flight with personal > funds, so making him - in my opinion - the first space tourist. > > Regards, > > Chris Welch > > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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