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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1. Guy Laliberté
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1959-09-02
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became the first Canadian space tourist
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=== Spaceflight === In September 2009, Laliberté became the first Canadian space tourist.
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Guy Laliberté (French pronunciation: [ɡi lalibɛʁte]; born 2 September 1959) is a Québécois billionaire businessman and poker player.
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