Japanese billionaire is 1st space tourist in 10 years at International Space Station – Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Japanese billionaire is 1st space tourist in 10 years at International Space Station | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Photos by Associated Press |December 9, 2021

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

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