`I`m traveling to space`

The era of space tourism has opened. The world`s first space tourist, American billionaire Dennis Tito, 60, left Earth on a nine-day space tour aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from a launch pad in Kazahkstan Saturday. The Soyuz will dock with the International Space Station at 1:30 p.m. Monday and will return to Earth on May 6.

Kim Ki-Hyun kimkihy@donga.com