MONTREAL — Seeing the world was one of Guy Laliberte’s dreams. The Cirque du soleil founder probably didn’t think he’d be seeing it from outer space.

Laliberte, a Russian cosmonaut and an American astronaut blasted off into space early Wednesday aboard a Soyuz spacecraft headed for the International Space Station. Laliberte’s stint as Canada’s first space tourist on the space station will be just the latest milestone in a life where adventure has been anything but alien.

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