I-MOSCOW - Umseki weqela elidumileyo le-acrobatic yaseCanada uCirque du Soleil, uGuy Laliberte, uqalise uqeqesho lwakhe eRashiya uhambo lweentsuku ezili-12 ukuya kwiSikhululo samazwe ngamazwe (ISS).
Ibhiliyoni eneminyaka engama-50 ubudala yaseKhanada ngoku ifumana uqeqesho kwiziko loqeqesho laseRussia iStar City, i-arhente yeendaba iRIA Novosti inike ingxelo. Ucwangciselwe ukuya kwi-ISS ngoSeptemba 30, ekhwele isiphekepheke saseRashiya iSoyuz TMA-16.
"ULaliberte kunye ne-backup yakhe - u-American Barbara Barrett - uya kuqeqeshwa ukusebenzisa i-spacesuit kunye ne-board-board iindlela zokucoceka komntu, kwaye uya kufunda indlela yokupheka nokutya kwi-gravity ye-zero," i-arhente yendawo yaseRashiya i-Roscosmos yatsho kwingxelo.
Ukongeza, baya kuthatha ikhosi yemihla ngemihla yolwimi lwesiRashiya, utshilo ingxelo.
U-Laliberte, ochithe izigidi ezingama-35 zeedola zaseMelika kuhambo lwesixhenxe lwehlabathi lwasemajukujukwini, ngaphambili uthe wayezinikele ekukhuliseni ulwazi lwehlabathi ngemiba yamanzi acocekileyo.
Umkhenkethi wasemajukujukwini wesithandathu uCharles Simonyi, omnye wobuchopho emva kukaBill Gates kaMicrosoft, ngumkhenkethi wokuqala ozixhasa kabini ngemali yakhe.
Ngaphandle kukaSimonyi, usomashishini waseMelika uDennis Tito, uMark Shuttleworth waseMzantsi Afrika, usozigidi wase-US uGregory Olsen, umMelika owazalelwa e-Iran u-Anousheh Ansari kunye nomphuhlisi wemidlalo yekhompyutha wase-US uRichard Garriott nabo bahlawule ukutyelela indawo.
