Japanese billionaire arrives at ISS

Space Daily

Published 09 Dec 2021

Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Dec 8, 2021

A Japanese billionaire arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday, marking Russia's return to space tourism after a decade-long pause that saw the rise of competition from the United States. Online fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan earlier on Wednesday. They docked with the Poisk module of the

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Japanese billionaire arrives at ISS

Japanese billionaire arrives at ISS

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