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Russia on Wednesday will send Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to the International Space Station in a move marking Moscow's return to the now booming space tourism business after a decade-long break.

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa poses with his T-shirt bearing an image of Earth during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo, Japan, March 3, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The mission will end a decade-long pause in Russia’s space tourism programme that has not accepted tourists since Canada’s Cirque du Soleil co-founder Guy Laliberte in 2009. This, however, also freed up seats on Russia’s Soyuz rockets that were previously purchased by NASA allowing Moscow to accept fee-paying tourists like Maezawa.

“I am almost crying because of my impressions, this is so impressive,” Maezawa said in late November after arriving at Baikonur for the final days of preparation. Those journeys mark the beginning of space opening up for non-professionals with more launches announced for the future.

 

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