With a smile space (5 photos) Bashny.Net

Baikonur, Kazakhstan. 21th space mission to the ISS flies and everything is on schedule. This morning, manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-16" was released into the proper orbit and began a two-day independent flight to the ISS. "Union" will deliver to the ISS Russian citizen Maxim Suraeva and NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams. They will have to work more than six months in orbit. The third seat in the vehicle occupies space tourist Guy Laliberte from Canada.
Artist-billionaires from Quebec, 50-year-old Guy Laliberté - founder and owner of the world-famous Cirque du Soleil (Cirque du Soleil). He will stay on the ISS 11 days and pay for the pleasure of about 35 million. Dollars.