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Yusaku Maezawa will spend 12 days at the International Space Station before returning to Earth.

The irreverent space enthusiast, who is one of Japans richest men, launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:30 GMT (2:30 ET) accompanied by his assistant Yozo Hirano.

Japanese billionaire blasts off to International Space Station

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, video producer Yozo Hirano and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin docked with the orbiting lab early Wednesday (Dec. 8).

With his future ride to space still under construction, a Japanese billionaire and a film producer in tow hitched a ride with a cosmonaut to the International Space Station.

Russia on Wednesday will send Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to the International Space Station in a move marking Moscow's return to the now booming space tourism business after a decade-long br…

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  BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, Dec 6, 2021 (BSS/AFP) - Russia on Wednesday will send Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to the International Space

Russia on Wednesday will send Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to the International Space Station in a move marking Moscow's return to the now booming space tourism business after a decade-long break.

It will mark Moscow's return to the now booming space tourism business after a decade-long break.. Read more at straitstimes.com.