Richard Garriott, born July 4, 1961 in Cambridge, England, is the son of NASA astronaut Owen K. Garriott. He went into space aboard Soyuz TMA-13 in October 2008 as a private citizen to the International Space Station. He remained on board for 12 days and returned on Soyuz TMA-12. His father Owen was present at blast-off and touchdown in Kazakhstan.
It was the second time a son of an astronaut had gone into space. The first was Sergey Volkov, son of Alexander Volkov, who went into space aboard Soyuz TMA-12 in April 2008.
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