What if you could buy a ticket to SPACE — would you go?

Space Tourist Blasts Off to the Stars!

The first regular person to buy a ticket to space

Dennis Tito became the first space tourist ever by paying $20 million for a rocket ride!

Imagine saving up your allowance... to buy a rocket ride to SPACE! That's basically what Dennis Tito did on April 28, 2001!

Dennis wasn't an astronaut. He wasn't a scientist working for NASA. He was a businessman from California who had a HUGE dream — he wanted to float in space and see Earth from above!

For years, space agencies said NO WAY. Space was only for trained astronauts! But Dennis didn't give up. He trained for months in Russia, learning how to live in zero gravity and handle emergencies.

Finally, a Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off with Dennis aboard, heading to the International Space Station! He spent almost 8 days floating around, taking pictures of Earth, and living his ultimate dream.

💡 Dennis Tito orbited Earth 128 times during his 8-day space vacation — that means he saw 128 sunrises and 128 sunsets!