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Events on Saturday 28 April 2001 1
2001Dennis Tito becomes the first space touristUS businessman pays to visit the ISSOn 28 April 2001 American businessman Dennis Tito launched aboard a Russian Soyuz to the International Space Station, having reportedly paid around 20 million dollars for the trip. He spent about a week in orbit. NASA had objected to the flight, but it opened the way for commercial spaceflight.