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Former Microsoft Executive Charles Simonyi Returns to Earth

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Former Microsoft Executive Charles Simonyi completed his second jaunt as a space tourist aboard the International Space Station, landing in Kazakhstan along with two other crew members. Simonyi is the first “space tourist” to have visited the station twice, the second time at a cost of some $35 million. Simonyi is perhaps most well-known for spearheading the enhancement of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and other productivity applications.
– Former Microsoft
Executive Charles Simonyi successfully touched down in Kazakhstan
on April 8 after a second trip to the International Space Station, making him
the first quot;space tourist quot; to complete two successful orbital jaunts.
Simonyi spent 13 days in orbit, and paid $35 million for…