MOSCOW. Nov 15 (Interfax-AVN) - U.S. millionaire Charles Simonyi, who is slated to fly to the International Space Station as a "space tourist" in March 2007, has arrived in Russia for training, Russian Air Force spokesman Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky said on Tuesday.
Simonyi, one of the founders of Microsoft Corporation, has paid more than $20 million via U.S. company Space Adventures for his 10-day flight. He will stay aboard the ISS with the Expedition 15 crew.
Simonyi, who is of Hungarian descent, will be trained at the Cosmonaut Training Center in Zvyozdny, the Moscow region, Drobyshevsky told Interfax-AVN.
He is due to take off on March 9.