TOKYO -- Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa flew into space on Wednesday aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket to visit the International Space Station, the first Japanese tourist to travel to the Earth-orbiting laboratory.
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Japanese billionaire makes it into space aboard Russian Soyuz
Yusaku Maezawa's 12-day trip comes ahead of SpaceX lunar mission in 2023
Online fashion mogul Yusaku Maezawa is the first Japanese space tourist to travel to the International Space Station. (Source photos by AFP/Jiji)
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