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For space tourist Maezawa moon is the actual target

December 20, 2021752 Views

Japanese billionaire Lands in Kazakhstan after 12-day space flight to ISS Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa returned to Earth on Monday after a 12-day journey into space, ending a practice run for his planned trip around the moon with Elon Musk's SpaceX in 2023. Ground personnel assist Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa shortly after landing of the Soyuz MS-20 space capsule in a remote area outside Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan December 20, 2021, in this still image taken from video. Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS The 46-year-old fashion magnate and art collector, who launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 8 along with his assistant Yozo Hirano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, landed on the Kazakh steppe. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa floats ins...

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Russian actor blasts off to attempt a world first: a movie in space

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October 5, 20211194 Views

A Russian actress and a film director blasted off for the International Space Station on Tuesday, beating Tom Cruise in the race to shoot the first movie in space. The Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft is set to dock at 1212 GMT at the station, which orbits Earth at an altitude of around 220 miles (354 km). The Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft carrying the crew, formed of Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, film director Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild, blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan October 5, 2021. Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS Russian state media provided blanket and patriotic coverage in the run-up, with a countdown clock running on Channel One and news anchors framing the development as a significant breakthr...