A medic measures the blood pressure of U.S. billionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi (R) as his wife Lisa Persdotter (L) smiles after he returned from the International Space Station (ISS) in a Russian Souyz TMA-13 space capsule, in the Kazakh steppe, some 136 km (84.5 miles) north-east of the town of Dzhezkazgan, April 8, 2009. Reuters Pictures 8 months ago

A medic measures the blood pressure of U.S. billionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi (R) as his wife Lisa Persdotter (L) smiles after he returned from the International Space Station (ISS) in a Russian Souyz TMA-13 space capsule, in the Kazakh steppe, some 136 km (84.5 miles) north-east of the town of Dzhezkazgan, April 8, 2009.

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