made history shortly after 8.30am yesterday when a Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from central Asia under clear blue skies. Pic: AP

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made history shortly after 8.30am yesterday when a Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from central Asia under clear blue skies. Pic: AP

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Space tourist heads for International Space Station

The world’s first ‘‘space tourist’’ was today heading towards the International Space Station.

Sun, 29 Apr, 2001