Japanese fashion tycoon to blast off for ISS as Russia revives space tourism

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin (centre), with Japanese space tourists Yozo Hirano (left) and Yusaku Maezawa (right) at a news conference before the launch of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft. Photograph: Sergei Savostyanov/Tass

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin (centre), with Japanese space tourists Yozo Hirano (left) and Yusaku Maezawa (right) at a news conference before the launch of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft. Photograph: Sergei Savostyanov/Tass

source https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/dec/07/soyuz-rocket-to-take-japanese-tycoon-yusaku-maezawa-to-iss-as-russia-returns-to-space-tourism