Status: Retired
7/4/1961 –
Nationality: British
Type: Non-Astronaut Passenger
First Flight: 10/12/2008
Last Flight: 10/12/2008
Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux (born July 4, 1961) is an English-American video game developer and entrepreneur.
On October 12, 2008, Garriott flew aboard Soyuz TMA-13 to the International Space Station as a private astronaut, returning 12 days later aboard Soyuz TMA-12. He became the second astronaut, and first from the U.S., who had a parent that was also a space traveler.
Astroscale - ASC
- Type: Private
- Abbreviation: ASC
- Administration: COO: Chris Blackerby
- Founded: 2013
- Spacecraft: ELSA-d | ADRAS-J
- Country: JPN
Astroscale Holdings Inc. is a private orbital debris removal company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The company is developing satellite end-of-life and active debris removal services to mitigate the growing and hazardous buildup of debris in space.
