British singer finalizes formalities for space trip

 MOSCOW, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- British singer Sarah Brightman has finalized¹ all formalities for a trip to the International Space Station (ISS), said head of the Russian Cosmonauts Training Center on Wednesday.

Moscow's office of the U.S. Space Adventures company said it has finalized formalities with the 52-year-old singer for a 10-day space trip, Sergei Krikalyov told Interfax news agency, adding her intention to go to the ISS could be a part of her new album promotion².

Brightman has received an approval from a medical commission for training at Russia's Cosmonaut Training Center in July.

In October, Russian federal space agency Roscosmos said Brightman was fit for space travel and her flight would likely be carried out in October or November 2015.

"Many years ago we considered an option to send to space another singer, he has even passed the medical tests. This is possible," Krikalyov said.

So far, seven paying space tourists have been sent to the ISS, including a female tourist. Each of them paid at least 20 million U.S. dollars for an adventure.

In October 2009, Russia stopped taking space tourists due to lack of room in its three-person Soyuz spacecraft, when NASA canceled its shuttles, leaving Russian rockets the only ones capable of carrying crews into the orbit.

1 finalized   

vt.完成（finalize的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The draft of this article has been finalized [done]. 这篇文章已经定稿。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The draft was revised several times before it was finalized. 稿子几经删改才定下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。