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First clown in space hosts show to save Earth's water

Reuters Life! Online Report 26 days ago

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wearing a red clown nose, the Canadian founder of Cirque du Soleil hosted an out-of-this-world performance event on Friday, saying he wanted to use his trip as a space tourist to highlight the scarcity of water on Earth. ...

Russian spacecraft with circus tycoon lands safely

AP Features 27 days ago

The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two other space travelers landed safely in Kazakhstan on Sunday, ending the entertainment tycoon's mirthful space odyssey. Laliberte, who wore a bulbous clown nose during his stay aboard the International ...

Canadian 'space clown' returns to Earth

AFP Global Edition 27 days ago

The first clown in space, Canadian circus tycoon Guy Laliberte, arrived safely back on earth Sunday touching down in a Russian Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan, the Russian mission control centre said. The capsule, also carrying Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and US astronaut ...

First clown in space lands back on Earth

AFP Global Edition 27 days ago

The first clown in space, Canadian circus tycoon Guy Laliberte, arrived safely back on earth Sunday touching down in a Russian Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan, the Russian mission control centre said. The capsule, also carrying Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and US astronaut ...

Russian capsule carrying circus tycoon leaves ISS

AFP Global Edition 27 days ago

A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Canadian circus tycoon Guy Laliberte undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and took course for Earth on Sunday, space officials said. The capsule, also carrying Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and US astronaut Michael Barratt, was expected ...

"Cirque" founder hosts space show for Earth's water

Reuters Life! Online Report 29 days ago

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Guy Laliberte, the Canadian billionaire circus entrepreneur, flew into space with a clown nose and an idea that was literally out of this world. His concept is set to come to fruition on Friday when Laliberte hosts a ...

Space Tourist

AP News 32 days ago

Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte, bottom center, is surrounded by, clockwise, Canadian Bob Thirsk, Roman Romanenko and Maxim Surayev from Russia, and Frank DeWinne of the European Space Agency during a news conference aboard the International Space Station, photographed off a ...

Canadian circus tycoon heads to space station

AP News 38 days ago

Cirque de Soleil billionaire celebrates 25th anniversary of his company with space trip From street performer to circus tycoon and now space tourist, Guy Laliberte has led a life of intrigue. As the billionaire founder of the Cirque du Soleil, Laliberte has ...

Cirque du Soleil founder reaches for the stars

AFP Global Edition 38 days ago

Cirque du Soleil's founder, who will soon rocket into space, went from pauper to circus mogul by turning a troupe of ragtag street performers in 1984 into a global entertainment empire. At 0714 GMT Wednesday, Canadian Guy Laliberte will celebrate his recent ...

Russia Space Tourist

AP Features 39 days ago

Canadian billionaire philanthropist Guy Laliberte wearing a clown's red nose waves as gets in the bus in Star City, before his departure to Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. The Canadian billionaire who founded Cirque du Soleil ...

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