First name and last name | Dennis Tito |
Date of birth | 08.08.1940 |
Nationality | USA |
Status | Retired |
Type of astronaut | Non-astronaut passenger |
Soyuz TM-32
Bachelor of Science in Astronautics and Aeronautics from New York University, 1962; master of science in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1964; one honorary doctorate; former scientist at the NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory; in 1972 he founded Wilshire Associates, a investment management firm, Santa Monica, California; hobbies: opera, sailing and buying fast cars.