US billionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi (R) rest as his wife Lisa Persdotter holds his hand after he landed in the Kazakh steppe some 136 km (84.5 miles) north-east of the town of Dzhezkazgan. Simonyi, who made his fortune pioneering Microsoft software, bumped back to Earth at 0715 GMT with two professional astronauts in the Russian Soyuz capsule, a spokesman for the mission control centre told. Getty Images logo Getty Images 8 months ago

US billionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi (R) rest as his wife Lisa Persdotter holds his hand after he landed in the Kazakh steppe some 136 km (84.5 miles) north-east of the town of Dzhezkazgan. Simonyi, who made his fortune pioneering Microsoft software, bumped back to Earth at 0715 GMT with two professional astronauts in the Russian Soyuz capsule, a spokesman for the mission control centre told.

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