University of Nebraska Press (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Read from Homer Hickam's foreword in Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story by David Hitt, Owen Garriott, and Joe Kerwin: The book that follows is a riveting, insightful account of the Skylab missions flown by the United States in 1973 and...
Personal Spaceflight (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
Richard Garriott, the space tourist who flew to the International Space Station last month, is leaving computer game company NCSoft to pursue new ventures that were at least inspired by his recent trip to space. “Many of you probably wonder what my plans are, now that I have achieved the lifelong dream of going [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
Moscow - A Russian Soyuz space capsule Friday returned to Earth safely, carrying its crew of Russian cosmonauts and a US space tourist. The capsule with Richard Garriott, a computer games designer and son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, who paid 30 ...
Kotaku (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
newVideoPlayer("/Garriott_Lands.flv", 506, 423,""); Lord "Richard Garriott" British has landed, back safe from his mission to deliver Crecente's seed into space, and while there is a lengthy press...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
Moscow - Texan space tourist Richard Garriott returned to firm ground Friday in a Russian Soyuz capsule that carried him and two Russian cosmonauts back from space. The capsule with Richard Garriott, a computer games designer and son of NASA astronau...
Autopia (Free subscription) | 10/25/2008
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/gen/ap/EU_Russia_US_Space.html Link: Russians, plus American tourist, return from space. Russians, plus American tourist, return from space By STEVE GUTTERMAN Associated Press Writer MOSCOW — Soon after he touched down Friday, American space tourist Richard Garriott got a pat on the...
Hot Links (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
Space tourist Richard Garriott is back on Earth after spending 12 days in the cosmos. Garriott and two Russian Expedition 17 crew members of the International Space Station (ISS) landed their Soyuz TMA 13 spacecraft in Kazakhstan at 11:37 Eastern Daylight Time last night, according to NASA. Sergei Volkov, commander of the 17th team to live and work in the station, and flight engineer...
TG Daily (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
Richard Garriott, the world's first second-generation astronaut returned to Earth safely yesterday at 11:37 pm EDT in a perfect landing of the Russian Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft on the Central Asian steppes of Kazakhstan. Garriott was the sixth-ever space tourist and first to travel to space as a second-generation astronaut.
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
A Russian Soyuz space capsule Friday returned to the Earth safely, carrying its crew of Russian cosmonauts and a US space tourist.The capsule with Richard Garriott, a computer games designer and son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, who paid $30 million to follow in his father's footsteps, landed safely around 0330 GMT in the Kazakh steppe.'Start and landing went according to plan....
Information Week (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
Defining The Business Value Of Technology | | | | Game Developer Richard Garriott Returns From Space The Ultima creator touched down Friday in Kazakhstan following a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. By octobre 24, 2008 02:58 PM Legendary computer game developer Richard Garriott has returned to Earth after visiting the International Space Station as a working tourist....
Hot Links (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
“What a great ride” declared the British-born space tourist Richard Garriott today after safely touching down inside the Russian Soyuz capsule, $30 million lighter for his 10-day stay on the International Space Station. Wrapped in a blue blanket to combat the near-freezing temperature on the steppe in Kazakhstan, the American was greeted by his father, Owen Garriott, a retired...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
“What a great ride” declared the British-born space tourist Richard Garriott today after safely touching down inside the Russian Soyuz capsule, $30 million lighter for his 10-day stay on the International Space Station.$
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
Spaceflight participant Richard Garriott and two members of the 17th crew to live and work aboard the International Space Station returned to Earth at 10:37 p.m. CDT, Thursday. Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononeko landed their Soyuz spacecraft at its targeted site in the steppes of Kazakhstan after completing 199 days in orbit and [...]
Voodoo Extreme (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
The Soyuz space capsule, carrying Richard Garriott and two Russian cosmonauts, landed safely in...
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
Game designer Richard Garriott returned safely to earth today after a trip to the International Space Station aboard a privately-funded rocket launched by Space Adventures. Garriott landed in the Kazakhstan steppes aboard the Soyuz TMA-12 space craft with fellow crew members, Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko. Garriott, the son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, made...
