Alexander Misurkin in his mission.... The trio blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan

cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin. Tom Shelley, the president of Space Adventures, said Maezawa compiled a list

, his producer Yozo Hirano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin blasted off to the station in a

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for December 20 Fox News Flash top headlines are here.... They reported that the trio was feeling fine. NASA CONFIRMS TELESCOPE LAUNCH FOR CHRISTMAS EVE Russian space agency rescue team helps Yusaku Maezawa shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-20 space capsule in Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec.... Forbes magazine has estimated his net worth at$ 1.9 billion. The tycoon has also booked a flyby around the moon aboard Elon Musk’s Starship and will be

Space flight participant Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa is assisted as he disembarks from a helicopter as he arrives at the airport after returning from the International Space Station on the Soyuz MS-20 space capsule, in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec.... 8 and returned to Earth on Monday.... " It takes three or four days to adapt and then you realize that there are just eight days left and it's not enough," Maezawa told reporters via a video link from the Star City space flight tr

" And I believe that this amazing experience will lead to something else.” Maezawa, 46, and his 36-year-old producer Yozo Hirano are the first self-paying tourists to visit the space station since 2009.... So, honestly speaking, it is only accessible for those who have time and are physically fit and those who can afford it.... “ I am getting over the motion sickness so I can enjoy the remaining days....

Japanese space tourist Yusaku Maezawa speaks during an interview with The Associated Press from the International Space Station, ISS, on Dec.... Speaking to The Associated Press in a live interview from the orbiting space outpost, billionaire fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa said even though he had imagined what his mission would be like before the flight, he was struck by the reality of space travel.... " And I believe that this amazing experience will lead to something else." Maezawa, 46, and h

Baikonur, Kazakhstan( Reuters)-Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa said he could barely contain his excitement a day ahead of blasting off to the International Space Station in a prelude to a more ambitious trip around the moon with Elon Musk's SpaceX planned in 2023.... Maezawa will travel aboard a Soyuz spacecraft, which will launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, accompanied by his assistant Yozo Hirano, who will document the journey, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander