Astronaut's son follows him in space

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The son of a U.S. astronaut blasted off Sunday from Kazakhstan as a tourist aboard a Russian rocket headed for the International Space Station. British-born Richard Garriott, 47, joined U.S. astronaut Mike Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov aboard the Soyez craft on the 18th space station expedition, RIA Novosti reported. Garriott, who paid $30 million to the Russian space agency to become the sixth tourist to travel to the station, made his fortune in computer games such... [read full story]