Guy Laliberte is a Canadian entrepreneur, the founder of the entertainment company Cirque du Soleil, who became a private spaceflight participant in September 2009, flying to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft as a paying passenger arranged through Space Adventures. During his roughly twelve-day trip he staged a widely publicized artistic and charitable event from orbit intended to raise awareness of global water issues.
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In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, nationality there.
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1. Guy Lalibert?
Infobox, birth_date
1959-09-02
Spaceflight
became the first Canadian space tourist
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