[ Astronauts & Cosmonauts ]

Charles Simonyi

Born: 10 September 1948, Budapest, Hungary

Nationality: American

Died: 

Flights:
1 Soyuz-TMA 10 / Soyuz-TMA 9 7 April 2007 13 days, 19 hours, 0 minutes
2 Soyuz-TMA 14 / Soyuz-TMA 13 26 March 2009 12 days, 19 hours, 27 minutes

Software engineer for Microsoft, fifth space tourist, emigrated to the United States in 1968 to attend the University of California, Berkeley. Simonyi became the first repeat space tourist with the launch of Soyuz-TMA 14 on 26 March 2009.