Japanese Billionaire Arrives at Space Station for 12-Day Tourist Trip
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Yusaku Maezawa, the founder of the clothing retailer Zozo, will spend 12 days in orbit with a production assistant who will document his stay.
Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire and fashion retail mogul, arrived at the International Space Station for a 12-day stay on Wednesday. He is the latest privately-funded traveler to the orbital laboratory in a year that has seen more tourists making voyages to space than ever before.
Mr. Maezawa, the founder of Zozo, a Japanese online fashion retailer, launched to space from Baikonur, Kazakhstan at 2:38 a.m. Eastern time (10:38 a.m. local time) on a Russian Soyuz rocket with Yozo Hirano, a production assistant who will document his trip.
After boarding, the space station’s crew, now 10 people, gathered in the Russian segment for a brief welcoming ceremony, where Mr. Maezawa and the other visitors spoke on a live video connection to family, who had been waiting in Baikonur to watch them reach the space station.
Japanese Billionaire Arrives at Space Station for 12-Day Tourist Trip
Yusaku Maezawa, the founder of the clothing retailer Zozo, will spend 12 days in orbit with a production assistant who will document his stay.
Yusaku Maezawa, the founder of the clothing retailer Zozo, will spend 12 days in orbit with a production assistant who will document his stay.
Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire and fashion retail mogul, arrived at the International Space Station for a 12-day stay on Wednesday. He is the latest privately-funded traveler to the orbital laboratory in a year that has seen more tourists making voyages to space than ever before.
Mr. Maezawa, the founder of Zozo, a Japanese online fashion retailer, launched to space from Baikonur, Kazakhstan at 2:38 a.m. Eastern time (10:38 a.m. local time) on a Russian Soyuz rocket with Yozo Hirano, a production assistant who will document his trip.
After boarding, the space station’s crew, now 10 people, gathered in the Russian segment for a brief welcoming ceremony, where Mr. Maezawa and the other visitors spoke on a live video connection to family, who had been waiting in Baikonur to watch them reach the space station.
