Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Russia’s Soyuz, before launching aboard SpaceX’s Starship. Maezawa is SpaceX’s first Starship customer, he purchased all seats aboard the first journey around the Moon that is scheduled to occur sometime in 2023. The spacecraft is still under development. While he waits for his moon trip, he purchased a 12-day space tour to the Space Station from U.S. company Space Adventures that booked a spaceflight from Roscosmos. Today, December 8, Maezawa’s dream of seeing Earth from space came true when he lifted off aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket at 2:38 a.m. EST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Russian Soyuz Rocket | Source: NASA TV Broadcast Maezawa invited video producer Yozo Hirano along for the ride; he will film his space adventure. “I am excited to share every aspect
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