Britain's popular soprano singer Sarah Brightman will begin training for her journey to the International Space Station in January next year, a Central Command press service spokesperson told RIA Novosti. <\/p>\n
\"It's been confirmed that Sarah Brightman will begin her flight training in January 2015,\" the spokesperson said. <\/p>\n
If the famous singer passes the training standards, she will be part of a crew scheduled to dock with the ISS in October of next year, accompanied by Russian and Danish astronauts, Sergei Volkov and Andreas Mogensen respectively. <\/p>\n
Sara Brightman, 54, is a UNESCO Artist for Peace and the world's best-selling soprano singer. She announced her intention to go to space back in 2012. <\/p>\n
The star of several famous musicals, including Andrew Lloyd Webber's \"Phantom of the Opera\" has passed a number of medical tests since her announcement, confirming that she meets the basic physical requirements for space travel. <\/p>\n
Sarah Brightman would become the second female space tourist in the world, after Iranian-American engineer Anousheh Ansari. Eight civilians have visited the ISS since 2001. <\/p>\n
Source: Sputnik News <\/p>\n
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