Japanese Space Tourists Reach Space Station

Mark Carreau December 08, 2021
Roscosmos
The crew pictured ahead of the Soyuz launch.
Credit: Roscosmos
Two Space Adventures private spaceflight clients reached the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule early Dec. 8, just over six hours after launching atop a three-stage Soyuz-2.1a rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz MS-20 carrying Yusaku Maezawa, CEO of...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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