Billionaire flips over his home in space

Billionaire space traveler Charles Simonyi, right, floats upside down Monday during a news conference in the Zvezda service module after his arrival at the international space station with Russian office space cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Fyodor Yurchikhin (front row). In the background are members of the station's current crew, Michael Lopez-Alegria and (obscured from view) Mikhail Tyurin and Sunita Williams.
KOROLYOV, Russia - Two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. billionaire bringing a gourmet meal arrived at the international space station Tuesday — to a warm welcome from current crewmen and the earthbound applause of Martha Stewart.

The lifestyle guru was among Russian and American officials and visitors monitoring the docking at Russian Mission Control, on Moscow's outskirts, as onboard TV cameras showed the Soyuz nearing the station and then jerking to a stop. Stewart is a friend of Charles Simonyi, the American who shelled out $20-25 million to be the world's fifth paying private space jam.

The Soyuz capsule docked automatically with the ISS and Simonyi and two Russian cosmonauts floated into the space station about 90 minutes later.