Singer Sarah Brightman to Begin Training for Space Flight : DNews — news.discovery.com

British singer Sarah Brightman heads to Russia this week to begin training to fly to the International Space Station, Russia’s ITAR-TASS news service reports. The 54-year-old soprano announced in 2012 that she intended to fly as a “spaceflight participant” to the station, a research laboratory that orbits about 260 miles above Earth. NEWS: Singer Sarah Brightman to Train for Orbital Spaceflight Her rocket ride aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket and 10-day stay on the orbital outpost is estimated to cost $52 million. Virginia-based Space Adventures is arranging the trip.

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