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Moved to tears – Japanese space tourists before the flight to the ISS
First familiarize yourself with the aircraft. These two Japanese space tourists want to fly to the ISS, already next month and in the company of the Russian cosmonaut Alexander Missurkin. These pictures from the Russian space agency Roskosmos show those willing to travel, Yusuka Maezawa and Yozo Hirano, viewing their vehicle and trying out their spacesuits. “I almost cry because of the impressions,” said the entrepreneur and billionaire Maezawa. According to the Russian news agency RIA, the upcoming flight with the Soyuz rocket would be the first with space tourists on board in twelve years. First the preparations, so let’s start planning on December 8th.
At the beginning of December, the Japanese are supposed to travel to the ISS together with a Russian cosmonaut. On Saturday they showed up during a press conference at the spaceport in Baikonur in Kazakhstan. They got into their spacesuits and showed themselves in front of the Soyuz capsule.