KOROLYOV, Russia, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. space tourist Gregory Olsen arrived at the International Space Station on Monday, along with a new two-man crew for the ISS.
Olsen, 60, a businessman and scientist, is the third person to pay Russia's space agency for a trip to the ISS, the BBC reported. His ticket price is believed to be close to $20 million.
The Russian Soyuz rocket carrying Olsen, U.S. Navy Cmdr. William McArthur and Russian Flight Engineer Valery Tokare took off Saturday from Kazakhstan's Baikonur launch site.
Members of Olsen's family watched Monday's docking with U.S. and Russian space officials at Russian Mission Control in the town of Korolyov, outside Moscow.
Olsen has said he plans to carry out a number of self-designed experiments while aboard the ISS. He also expects to test equipment for his firm, Sensors Unlimited, which develops and produces highly sensitive film and photo cameras, and works with NASA.
McArthur and Tokare, the 12th ISS crew, will replace Sergei Krikalev and John Phillips, who have been in space since April and are scheduled to return to Earth on Oct. 11 along with Olsen.
The two previous space tourists were American Dennis Tito and South African Mark Shuttleworth.
