NASA says: send your face to space

For those who don't have millions to pay to become a space tourist, NASA has rolled out a quirky souvenir that lets you to send your face (your picture and name, that is) blasting into space.

'Rent a local friend': web idea eases travel blues

Taking a vacation in an unfamiliar place? Forget the guide books and the maps, the ideal way to discover a city is with a friend who lives there -- even if you have to rent them.

Russia: no space for space tourists

(AP) -- A top Russian space official says there is no space for tourists wishing to fly to the International Space Station.

Cargo craft docks with space station

(AP) -- A cargo ship has delivered food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the International Space Station.

Circus billionaire hosts show aboard space station

(AP) -- Canadian space tourist and circus billionaire Guy Laliberte mixed star power, science lectures, music and poetry in hosting a show from the International Space Station that was broadcast on television and the Internet.

Craft carrying circus tycoon reaches space station

(AP) -- A Russian spacecraft docked Friday at the International Space Station to drop off Canadian circus billionaire Guy Laliberte - dubbed the first clown in space - along with an American astronaut and Russian cosmonaut.

Canadian circus billionaire heads to space station

(AP) -- A Canadian circus tycoon, an American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off in a spacecraft from the Kazakh steppe Wednesday on a journey to the International Space Station.

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