Mark Shuttleworth

Mark Shuttleworth, South African-British entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Canonical, the company behind the development of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system, was born on September 18, 1973 as Mark Richard Shuttleworth ,.

In 2002, Mark Shuttleworth made history by becoming the second self-funded space tourist and the first African in space. He traveled to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft during a mission called "Soyuz TM-34" and spent eight days on the ISS as a space tourist. This journey into space cost Shuttleworth a reported $20 million, which he funded himself.

Born 4 days apart

Notable people are born as a set of twins and registered close together.

Mark Shuttleworth
was conceived around December 12, 1972
and has 2 events

A full gestation takes 280 days. Have you ever checked what happend when you were conceived? You should, because it matters.

286 days before
(or 9 months and 12 days)

278 days before
(or 9 months and 4 days)

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