Simone has worked for Microsoft, and served as head of software development, the famous office software "Word" and so on from a development team under his leadership, he also known as the "Word of the Father of the software."

Moscow time at 14:49 on the 26th (Beijing time at 7:49 p.m. on the 26th), who in 2007 first visit to the International Space Station, American space tourist Charles Simonyi, together with the other two crew members aboard the Russian "coalition" spacecraft to visit the International Space Station.

According to Russian television broadcast pictures of the "League of TMA-14" spacecraft from Kazakhstan's Baikonur launch site off smoothly, and Simone went to the International Space Station along with two crew members to live in the space station and carry out more than half a year scientific experiments.

According to the plan, Simonyi will stay in the space station within 12 days, and then with the international space station's 18th long-term mission to return to the ground along with two members.

Russian Space Agency has announced that in January this year, as a result of the Permanent International Space Station astronauts will double the number of this year, after 2009 Russia plans to send space tourists no longer visit the International Space Station. Therefore, in addition to space tourism to become the only "repeat", Simonyi will be the last one to enter the international space station tourists.