Richard Garriott, a video game developer and the son of scientist and astronaut Owen K. Garriott, reached space flying aboard the Russian Soyuz Spacecraft that launched from the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan.FOXNews: Soyuz Spacecraft Heads for Space... (October 12, 2008)
Garriott is the sixth privately funded astronaut to take advantage of the "Spaceflight Participant" program offered by Russian authorities. During his stay at the International Space Station, Garriott will conduct scientific experiments as well as tests of commercial products.RichardinSpace: Richard's Garriot's Space Mission
Garriott is known in the gaming industry as the developer of Ultima, Tabula Rasa and other series of video games.MobyGames: Richard Garriott Developer Bio
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Richard Allen Garriott
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July 4, 1961
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October 12, 2008
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Contributed to NCsoft Europe, Origin Systems, Electronic Arts, and other companiesMobyGames: Richard Garriott Developer Bio
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Docked into the International Space Station on October 14, 2008CNN: Video game millionaire docks (October 14, 2008)
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