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- Listeners
- 8
- Total plays
- 14
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1940-08-08 ) August 8, 1940 (age 85) , Queens , New York City, U.S.
- Alma mater
- New York University ( B.S. ), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ( M.S. )
- Occupation
- Entrepreneur
- Time in space
- 7d 22h 04m
- Missions
- ISS EP-1 ( Soyuz TM-32 / Soyuz TM-31 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Dennis Anthony Tito (born August 8, 1940) is an American engineer and entrepreneur. During mid-2001, he became the first space tourist to fund his own visit to space, when he spent nearly eight days in orbit as a crew member of ISS EP-1, a visiting mission to the International Space Station. This mission was launched by the spacecraft Soyuz TM-32, and was landed by Soyuz TM-31.
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