Japanese Space Tourists Reach Space Station

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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...

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