Japanese billionaire fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa has rocketed to space for a 12-day mission at the International Space Station. He's joined by producer Yozo Hirano, who plans to film his mission.
Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa and producer Yozo Hirano, who plans to film his mission, blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin.
In several more hours, the crew will be able to open the hatches and move to the space station from the Soyuz. A company that organized the flight said Maezawa compiled a list of 100 things to do in space after asking the public for ideas. The list includes “simple things about daily life to maybe some other fun activities, to more serious questions as well,” Space Adventures President Tom Shelley said.
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