launch into space of the Mir space station, which was visited by more than 100 astronauts up to 2001. After Mir, came the Intermutional Space Station [ISS], which went into space in 1998. A total of 16 countries took part in its construction.
There have also been more than 300 space missions without people. Among the most famous are the Cassini-Huygens mission to Satum, Messenger which went to Mercury and the Perseverance mission to Mars. The Perseverance mission is the best known because the Mars landing was broadcast live around the world in February 2021. Samples taken so far by the Perseverance rover support the idea that there was once some kind of water on the Red Planet.
Space travel for tourists
Although there were scientists rather than tourists on the above trips to space, they have still encouraged people to dream about the potential for space tourism. In 2011, American multimillionaire
Denis Tito paid Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, $20 million for a trip to outer space.
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