Svemirski turist Charles Simonyi

Američki bogataš Charles Simonyi odletio u svemir.

MORE INFO: The Soyuz spacecraft blasted into the skies from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to dock with the International Space Station.

Hungarian-born Simonyi, 60, who made much of his fortune developing software at Microsoft, travelled to space in the crammed interior of the Soyuz rocket alongside Padalka and U.S. astronaut Michael Barratt.

NOTE: This video shows coverage of the event as broadcast by NASA.