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Space Adventures Announces Greg Olsen Has Begun Cosmonaut Training
This mission continues Space Adventures' ongoing effort to open the space frontier to private citizens
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April 14, 2004

Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading space experiences company, announced today that American technology entrepreneur Gregory Olsen, Ph.D. has begun the first phase of cosmonaut training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia.

The first phase of training will include cosmonaut theoretical training, physical training and Russian language tutoring. In 2001, Space Adventures enabled Californian businessman, Dennis Tito, to realize his dream of space flight and then in 2002, South African Internet tycoon, Mark Shuttleworth, became the second private space explorer.