who was the first space tourist and when was the flight?

Answer 1

Dennis Tito (American): April 28 - 2001-05-06

"MirCorp, a private venture by then in charge of the space station, began seeking potential space tourists to visit Mir in order to offset some of its maintenance costs. Dennis Tito, an American businessman and former JPL scientist, became their first candidate. When the decision to dismantle Mir was made, Tito opted to book a trip to the International Space Station through U.S.-based Space Adventures, Ltd., which remains the only company to have sent paying passengers to space."

"On 2001-04-28, Dennis Tito became the first "fee-paying" space tourist when he visited the International Space Station (ISS) for seven days."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_tourist#List_of_flown_space_tourists

"Dennis Anthony Tito (born 1940-08-08 in Queens, New York) is a United States multimillionaire who gained celebrity status by becoming the first space tourist to pay for his own ticket, although he himself opposes being called "tourist" and asks to be called an "independent researcher" since he performed several scientific experiments in orbit."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Tito

Answer 2

HUH?