US space tourist Richard Garriott stands under a monument to the first man in space Yuri Gagarin during a ceremony outside Moscow in Star City on November 14, 2008. Video game guru Richard Garriott completed a 30-million dollar trip to the International Space Station. Getty Images logo Getty Images 12 months ago

US space tourist Richard Garriott stands under a monument to the first man in space Yuri Gagarin during a ceremony outside Moscow in Star City on November 14, 2008. Video game guru Richard Garriott completed a 30-million dollar trip to the International Space Station.

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  1. U.S. astronaut Timothy J. Creamer lays flowers at the grave of the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, at the Kremlin wall in Red Square in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. The next crew is scheduled to blast off to the International Space Station on Dec. 21 from Baikonur cosmodrome.

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  1. U.S. astronaut Timothy J. Creamer lays flowers at the grave of the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, at the Kremlin wall in Red Square in Moscow, December 3, 2009. The crew is due to take off from Baikonur cosmodrome to the International Space Station on December 21.
  2. U.S. astronaut Timothy J. Creamer lays flowers at the grave of the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, at the Kremlin wall in Red Square in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. The next crew is scheduled to blast off to the International Space Station on Dec. 21 from Baikonur cosmodrome.
  3. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi prays as he lays flowers at the grave of the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, at the Kremlin wall in Red Square in Moscow, December 3, 2009. The crew is due to take off from Baikonur cosmodrome to the International Space Station on December 21.
  4. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi lays flowers at the grave of the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, at the Kremlin wall in Red Square in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. The next crew is scheduled to blast off to the International Space Station on Dec. 21 from Baikonur cosmodrome.
  5. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi prays as he lays flowers at the grave of the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, at the Kremlin wall in Red Square in Moscow December 3, 2009. The crew is due to take off from Baikonur cosmodrome to the International Space Station on December 21.
  6. Canadian billionaire Guy Laliberte stands in a space museum with a portrait of the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on the wall at Baikonur Cosmodrome September 26, 2009. Laliberte, U.S. astronaut Jeffrey Williams and Russian cosmonaut Maxim Surayev are due to blast off to the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome on board the Soyuz spacecraft on September 30, 2009.
  7. Visitors look at the sculpture called "Le Gisant Youri Gagarine" representing Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin by French artist Xavier Veilhan in front of the Versailles castle, west of Paris, September 9, 2009. The exhibition opens on September 13 and runs until December 13, 2009.
  8. Visitors walk past the sculpture called "Le Gisant Youri Gagarine" representing Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin by French artist Xavier Veilhan in front of the Versailles castle, west of Paris, September 9, 2009. The exhibition opens on September 13 and runs until December 13, 2009.

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