Sat, Oct 03, 2009
Space Adventures' Orbital Client Will Be Aboard The Station 10
Days
Being in microgravity would probably make all those amazing
Cirque du Soleil stunts a LOT easier, but founder Guy
Laliberté didn't take an entire troupe with him. He did,
however, arrive safely at ISS Friday according to Space Adventures,
who organized his expedition. Laliberté launched onboard the
Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
on September 30 with two other crewmembers.
The spacecraft docked to the ISS at 0436 ET with Mr.
Laliberté and Expedition 21 crewmembers Russian cosmonaut
Maksim Surayev and NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams. They were
greeted about three hours later by Russian cosmonauts Gennady
Padalka and Roman Romanenko, Belgian astronaut Frank De Winne,
Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk and NASA astronauts Nicole Stott
and Michael Barratt.
During his 10-day stay at the ISS, Mr. Laliberté will
share information about water-related issues through an artistic
and poetic mission, themed "Moving Stars and Earth for Water." The
message he transmits from space will raise awareness for the ONE
DROP Foundation.
Guy Laliberté
The centerpiece event will take place on October 9th from space
and in 14 cities simultaneously around the world, beginning at 2000
ET.
Central to the mission is a poem written by Canadian author Yann
Martel. The tale will be delivered piece by piece, one destination
at a time. RDI, Le Réseau de l'information of
Société Radio-Canada will broadcast the event in
Canada along with DIRECTV, on The 101 Network in the United States,
and via DIRECTV Latin America on Channels 999 and 1004. The
event will also broadcast live on onedrop.org.
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