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First billionaire in space, orbital space; first space tourist to the International Space Station [3] [1] [4] Mark Shuttleworth: Space Adventures ISS EP-3 (Soyuz TM-34/TM-33) 25 April 2002: 2 May 2002: First insured space tourist; First South African, first person from Africa in space, orbital space; second space tourist to the International ...
Indeed, according to World Bank's Poverty and Inequality platform (PIP) the number of people living below the $7-a-day poverty line in 2024 was 3.6 billion—a figure relatively unchanged from 1990.
In 2002, Shuttleworth became the first African to travel to space, doing so as a space tourist. [2] [3] [4] He lives on the Isle of Man and holds dual citizenship from South Africa and the United Kingdom. [5] [6] According to the Sunday Times Rich List in 2020, Shuttleworth is worth an estimated £500 million. [7]
Elon Musk, the world's richest person, isn't slowing down. His path to even greater fortune is clearer. Musk currently has an estimated net worth of $442 billion as of December 13, according to the...
Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space and in orbit. Alan Shepard, the first American and the second person in space. Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman and 12th person in space. Alexei Leonov, joint 17th in space and first to perform an EVA. John Young, 19th person in space, first to fly solo around the Moon and first to command a Space ...
Musk is currently the world’s richest person, with $251 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Connect Academy forecasts Musk will become a trillionaire sometime in 2027 ...
Dennis Anthony Tito (born August 8, 1940) is an American engineer and entrepreneur.During mid-2001, he became the first space tourist to fund his own visit to space, when he spent nearly eight days in orbit as a crew member of ISS EP-1, a visiting mission to the International Space Station.
The first trillionaires are on their way. Five people are expected to amass at least $1 trillion in wealth within the next decade, if current trends continue, according to Oxfam’s annual ...