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单元一 1 ?? The Worlds First Space Tourist (A)????On May 6, 2001, Dennis Tito, a 61-year-old California millionaire and former NASA engineer, became the worlds first paying space tourist when the Russian space agency launched him and two Russian cosmonauts aboard a rocket for a journey to the International Space Station. ????Tito and the crew blasted off from the cosmodrome in Kazakstan on time. Tito appeared calm, wearing a space suit and a smile. The trip by the Russian crew was almost delayed due to concerns expressed by NASA that the space station would get too crowded while an American c