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Japanese billionaire gets ready for December space mission

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VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
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MOSCOW (AP) — A forthcoming flight to space by a Japanese billionaire will let the public have a closer look at life on board the International Spacer Station. Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa is set to rocket to space in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft together with producer Yozo Hirano, who will film his mission, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin. U.S. -based Space Adventures organized the flight. The company’s president told The Associated Press on Friday that Maezawa “wanted to put together a list of 100 things for him to do in space.” He also said that Space Adventures has an arrangement with Russian partners for a private customer to perform a spacewalk outside of the station in late 2023 or early 2024.

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