September 8th, 2015 | RESEARCH
This essay attempts to contextualise the experience and documentation of the world’s first space tourist, a multi-millionaire American businessman Dennis Tito, who vacationed on the International Space Station in 2001. The essay brings together two parallel elements of this historical event: the political transformation of the Russian space programme which made the private flight possible and the cultural significance and impact of the event. The first space tourist is both a direct product of the newly commercialised space programme and a reflection of a new worldview, with new values and expectations.
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Julia Tcharfas, Author, Science Museum, LondonCitation
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Identifier: 10.15180/150407/001
Publication: Science Museum Group Journal
Volume: August 2015
Number: 4
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Audience: General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: History | policy | law
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
Environment Type: Comics | Books | Newspapers | Exhibitions | Media and Technology | Museum and Science Center Exhibits