Daisuke Enomoto will be the fourth space tourist at the ISS
{{date|March 10, 2006}}

Japanese entrepreneur {{w|Daisuke Enomoto|Daisuke "Dice-K" Enomoto}}, 34, is set to become the fourth private citizen in space. The {{w|Arlington, Virginia}}-based company "Space Adventures", which specializes in spaceflight-related travel, announced on March 7 that Enomoto was approved by the [[:Roscosmos|Russian space agency]] as a flight candidate.

Enomoto has now passed the physical examinations necessary to be cleared for training, finished the medical preparation, and signed the contract for the flight. His training with the Russian Federal Space Agency will include physical and aeronautical preparation as well as Russian language instruction.

Enomoto will be the first Japanese person to fly to the [[:International Space Station]] (ISS). His trip, to take place in a [[:Soyuz (spacecraft)|Soyuz]] TMA-9 rocket, is scheduled for September, with a ticket price of US$20 million.

United States entrepreneur {{w|Gregory Olsen}} returned from the ISS in October 2005; previous space vacationers were American {{w|Dennis Tito}} in 2001 and South African {{w|Mark Shuttleworth}} in 2002.

== Sources ==
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| language = German
| wiki = de
| title = Daisuke Enomoto fliegt als vierter Weltraum-Tourist zur ISS
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 |title      = Japanischer Unternehmer wird Weltraumtourist
 |author     = 
 |pub        = donau.de
 |date       = March 7, 2006
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 |url        = http://www.gea.de/detail/554816
 |title      = Japanischer Weltraumtourist Enomoto beginnt Kosmonautentraining
 |author     = 
 |pub        = Reutlinger General-Anzeiger
 |date       = March 7, 2006
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 |title      = Japaner fliegt als Weltraumtourist ins All
 |author     = 
 |pub        = NZZ Online
 |date       = March 7, 2006
}}
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 |url        = http://www.rp-online.de/public/article/nachrichten/wissenschaft/weltraum/319189
 |title      = Japanischer Unternehmer wird nächster Weltraumtourist
 |author     = 
 |pub        = Rheinische Post
 |date       = March 7, 2006
}}
*{{source
 |url        = http://www.russland.ru/ruall0010/morenews.php?iditem=4090
 |title      = Russland schickt japanischen Unternehmer als nächsten Weltraumtouristen zur ISS
 |author     = 
 |pub        = russland.ru
 |date       = March 7, 2006
}}
*{{source
 |url        = http://www.space.com/news/051103_enomoto_adventure.html
 |title      = Space Adventures Announces Next Private Space Explorer
 |author     = Bjorn Carey
 |pub        = space.com
 |date       = November 3, 2005
}}
*{{source
 |url        = http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn8817
 |title      = Japanese tourist approved for ultimate joyride
 |author     = 
 |pub        = New Scientist
 |date       = March 7, 2006
}}

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Japanese entrepreneur Daisuke "Dice-K" Enomoto, 34, is set to become the fourth private citizen in space. The -based company "Space Adventures", which specializes in spaceflight-related travel, announced on March 7 that Enomoto was approved by the Russian space agency as a flight candidate.

Enomoto has now passed the physical examinations necessary to be cleared for training, finished the medical preparation, and signed the contract for the flight. His training with the Russian Federal Space Agency will include physical and aeronautical preparation as well as Russian language instruction.

Enomoto will be the first Japanese person to fly to the :International Space Station (ISS). His trip, to take place in a Soyuz TMA-9 rocket, is scheduled for September, with a ticket price of US$20 million.

United States entrepreneur Dennis Tito in 2001 and South African  in 2002.
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