Gregory Olsen

Gregory Hammond Olsen (born  April 20, 1945) is an American businessman, engineer and scientist. In October 2005, he became the third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the International Space Station with the company Space Adventures.Carroll, Kathleen. "FDU renames engineering school after $5M gift", The Record (Bergen County), May 4, 2006. Accessed June 9, 2007. "About 200 people gathered at Fairleigh Dickinson University on Wednesday to celebrate the university's largest-ever gift and the renaming of one of its schools. Alumnus and trustee Gregory Olsen, the world's third civilian astronaut and the founder of two fiber-optics companies, was greeted with a standing ovation..."

Olsen was the co-founder and chairman of Sensors Unlimited Inc.

References

Other websites
 Greg Olsen, Official Web Site GHO Ventures, LLC
 'Space tourist' blasts off to ISS – BBC, 1 October 2005
  'Space tourist' arrives at Space Station – BBC, 3 October 2005
 Trek to Space Station Is 'A Dream Come True'
 Spacefacts biography of Gregory Olsen
 Pictures and narrative of the Soyuz TMA-7 launch
 Human Presence in Space International Forum 

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