because he wanted to explore space
April 2002
Mark Shuttleworth trained in Starcity near Moscow.
Only 28-years-old at the time of his journey ,Mark Shuttleworth had spent seven months of formal training for the mission at Star City in Russia and one week in Houston at the NASA Johnson Space Centre.
No, he was the second space tourist on board of the ISS from April 25 to May 5, 2002.
A total of 7 space tourist have flown in space 8 times: American Denis Titov in 2001. South African Mark Shuttleworth in 2002. American Gregory Olsen in 2005. Iranian Anousheh Ansari in 2006 Hungarian Charles Simonyi in 2007 and 2009. American Richard Garriott in 2008. Canadian Guy Laliberté in 2009.
April 2002
Mark Shuttleworth was the nfirst South African man in Space
Mark Shuttleworth trained in Starcity near Moscow.
Only 28-years-old at the time of his journey ,Mark Shuttleworth had spent seven months of formal training for the mission at Star City in Russia and one week in Houston at the NASA Johnson Space Centre.
No, he was the second space tourist on board of the ISS from April 25 to May 5, 2002.
Mark Shuttleworth was born on September 18, 1973.
Mark Shuttleworth was born on September 18, 1973.
The first South African space tourist was Mark Shuttleworth. He was the first from an African country to travel into space.
Mark Shuttleworth is 37 years old (birthdate: September 18, 1973).
He simply didn't.. He was the 1st South African in space. He did not land on the moon though.
Well, here he is getting undressed in space ;)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yK8rTAt2tw...or did you mean something else?
Your question is a bit unspecific, but if youre asking for the top 10 IT personalities in the world, Mark Shuttleworth will definitely fit that description. Yes, Mark Shuttleworth the astronomer. He actually owns a range of IT companies also. That's where he got all the cash to build a space ship!