27-year-old Rijeka´s resident is first Croatian in space

"Iva Butorac from Rijeka is the first Croatian to go into space.

The 27-year-old from Rijeka, who won the half-hour sub-orbit trip on Rocketship Tours during a hockey game, said she was both delighted and scared.

'I had to take a short drink,' Butorac said when she heard her namecalled over the loudspeakers.

'I still can’t believe that they called my name. I am in a complete shock,' said Butorec who was chosen from 10 finalists.

'I am afraid, but it appeals to me to experience weightlessness, to go to space, look at the Earth’s surface,' she said."
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