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Australian Writer Intends to Visit Iss in 2005

Posted on: Wednesday, 21 July 2004, 06:00 CDT

MOSCOW. July 21 (Interfax) - Australian citizen Bradley Trevor Greive, 34, may become the next space tourist to visit the International Space Station. Greive is currently in Moscow.

In an interview with Interfax on Wednesday, Greive said that he finished his medical examination in Star City on July 1-10, and his health was recognized as satisfactory for a space flight.

He passed the first centrifuge tests and zero-gravity pool tests, which imitate a spacewalk, Greive said.

His flight to the ISS may take place in the second half of 2005. Grieve said that he will be present on the ISS at the same time as a crew that includes Russian cosmonaut Yevgeny Krikalyov.

Grieve is an artist, designer and writer. He is the author of books translated into 27 languages, 10 million copies of which have been published in total.

However, the Russian Federal Space Agency says Greive has not filed an official application and therefore is not being considered as a possible crewmember on a Russian spacecraft, the agency's press secretary Vyacheslav Davidenko told Interfax.

"When the application is obtained, it will definitely be considered. But at the moment, I can say that Greive is not a candidate for participation in space expeditions to the International Space Station," Davidenko told Interfax.

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