Space & Astronomy

Sarah Brightman begins training for ISS visit

By T.K. Randall
January 17, 2015

Image: International Space Station
Credit: (PD) NASA The British soprano will be the first professional performing artist ever to sing in space when she travels to the International Space Station later this year aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft with cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Denmark's Andreas Mogensen.

The 54-year-old, who will be the eighth ever space tourist following on from Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte, games developer Richard Garriott and Microsoft co-founder Charles Simonyi, has paid a whopping $52 million for the privilege.Brightman arrived in Russia this week to begin a nine-month training course to prepare her for the mission but was forced to postpone proceedings for a few days due to ill-health.

She is however expected to resume her training shortly and has no plans to cancel the trip.

Source: The Guardian

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