Japanese entrepreneur Daisuke ‘Dice-K’ Enomoto has been confirmed to the Soyuz TMA-9 crew which is currently planned to launch to the International Space Station this September from the…
Japanese entrepreneur Daisuke ‘Dice-K’ Enomoto has been confirmed to the Soyuz TMA-9 crew which is currently planned to launch to the International Space Station this September from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, according to Space Adventures. Mr. Enomoto will be joining the 14th Expedition Crew which will also include NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin.
“We offer our sincere congratulations to Dice-K for being named to the Soyuz TMA-9 crew. Space Adventures’ staff strives, with each of our orbital spaceflight candidates, to assist them in preparing themselves for spaceflight,” said Eric Anderson, president and CEO of Space Adventures. “Dice-K is now even closer to achieving his goal of spaceflight. We wish him the best as he continues his training and begins the preparations for launch.”
The backup crew named to support the Soyuz TMA-9 mission includes Ansari X-Prize title sponsor, Anousheh Ansari, who would become the world’s first female spaceflight participant, if required, along with NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko.
