‘Destination: Space Dennis Tito was strapped tightly into his seat in the tiny dreaming of this trip his entire pa vacation in outer space. Three ...wo... one. lift-off “Dennis blasted off into space on April 28, 2001. On thar dayyhe became the world’s frst space touristy Dennis put hours of work to becoming a space travelegyso he didn’t really feel like a tourisgyBut the name stucley A space tourist may soundélike something out of the future but it's no~Hundreds of people are planning vp ———_ 0 on vacation in space very soon And this is only the beginning. Space could become a regularplace to visit. One day there might be a hotel on Mars, or even streets and neighborhoods, on the moor cv om‘Space Pioneers In the pasgpastronauts in puffy white space suits bounced Their mis understand Earthy the moonpand outer sp: These space pioneers needed many years of trainings They learned how to fly in spaceships and how co live in space. EVERYTHING SEEMS TO FLOAT In sp ning seams like it’s Floating, E und drops that hang in air like bubbles. This effect OREO aaron) meters to 14,000 meters) poet nee tetra)T fon beautiful planet Earth from the e cap It was an [amazing viewYihat no one else had ever seengy h different another country es Ur ep Puce Briere etn) See Sea ey ren Preuss 20,000 miles (250 kilometers +0 32,200 kilometers) above the ground. (One mile Ercan[ Dennis's Dream more about how to travel in space>Snogy people will be taking quick tipéto outer space just for fut J CBennis was the first person to travel to space who wasn’t an astronaut. He wa: ta scientist, and he didn’t | tive ar of eaiing, He was just a man with a(ilonp> (dream of going into space. Ever since he was a veenagegyDennis had imagined traveling to spac In 196 jothe first astronaut went up \s_| imo space and circled Earthsthe idea that a human could $ [actually leave the planet was mind-blowin] Dennis was amazed by the idea of space travel. “My dream was to fly in space before | die,” he said The only problem was tha Dennis wasn't an astronaut G ly als How could he do it? NEVER TOO LATE FOR A DREAM Dennis was sixty years old when he began to train for his space flight. He had to prove that he was fit for the hard journey