58-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN PICKED OUT AS THIRD SPACE TOURIST

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MOSCOW, MARCH 29, 2004. (RIA Novosti correspondent Andrei Loshchilin). Gregory Olsen, President of the U.S. Sensor Unlimited corporation, has been selected as a third tourist to the International Space Station (ISS).

Speaking at a press conference in New York City Monday, Olsen, 58, said that his departure to the ISS was tentatively scheduled for April 2005.

The American businessman begins training for his space mission at Star Town, outside Moscow, next week.

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