KAZAKHSTAN: SOUTH AFRICAN MARK SHUTTLEWORTH IS TO BECOME THE SECOND SPACE TOURIST

Record ID: 969938

  • Title: KAZAKHSTAN: SOUTH AFRICAN MARK SHUTTLEWORTH IS TO BECOME THE SECOND SPACE TOURIST
  • Date: 25th April 2002
  • Summary: (W4) BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN (APRIL 24, 2002)(REUTERS) 1. AERIAL VIEWS OF SOYUZ ROCKET ON LAUNCH PAD; MV RUSSIAN MILITARY INSIDE HELICOPTER (2 SHOTS) 0.20 2. SLV HELICOPTER NEAR TENTS BELONGING TO LOCAL NOMADS 0.25 3. SLV MILITARY TALKING TO LOCAL VILLAGERS AND WARNING ABOUT THURSDAY'S SPACE LAUNCH; SCU LOCAL WOMAN READING LEAFLET (3 SHOTS) 0.39 4. SLV RUSSIAN MILITARY GETTING INTO HELICOPTER 0.43 5. SLV THREE COSMONAUTS, MARK SHUTLEWORTH, YURI GIDZENKO AND ROBERTO VITTORI SITTING BEHIND GLASS IN QUARANTINE AREA, DRESSED IN BLUE SPACE SUITS 0.50 6. (SOUNDBITE)( English) MARK SHUTTLEWORTH, SOUTH AFRICAN SPACE TOURIST SAYING "Of course I have some nervousness, some anxiety because I am not a professional cosmonaut. But we have been trained well and my thoughts are much to what we were trained to do and enjoying this extraordinary experience." 1.23 7. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) YURI GIDZENKO, FLIGHT COMMANDER SAYING: "Of course there will be some anxiety when we approach the Soyuz rocket tomorrow, but it will all disappear once we get off and are on our way." 1.28 8. MV MEDIA 1.35 9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ROBERTO VITTORI, FLIGHT ENGINEER SAYING: "I was expecting to be more nervous a day before the flight but I am pretty much relaxed, It's because we have been trained for many days and I am confident that we are set to go." 1.56 10. MV COSMONAUTS RECEIVING GOOD LUCK PRESENTS IN THE FORM OF RUSSIAN DOLLS DEPICTING THE THREE MEN WHO ARE TO GO ON THE FLIGHT TO SPACE ON THURSDAY; MV MEDIA; MV COSMONAUTS (3 SHOTS) 2.25 11. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) VALERI VITTORI, WIFE OF ITALIAN COSMONAUT ROBERTO VITTORI, SAYING "You are asking if I am worried about the flight. Well he (Roberto Vittori) has convinced me that everything is under control." 2.44 12. AERIAL VIEW OF SOYUZ ROCKET ON LAUNCH PAD 2.50 (W4) IN FLIGHT, OVER RUSSIA (RECENT - APRIL 2002) (VNR) 12. MV MARK SHUTTLEWORTH UNDERGOING ZERO-GRAVITY TRAINING, WEARING A FULL SPACE SUIT 3.11 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN
  • Country: Kazakhstan
  • Reuters ID: LVA4NHII0OH1L37NOB1AV7H5NR3C
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