18 September 2018
First Moon tourist for SpaceX unveiled as Japanese billionaire
...would be art collector and businessman Yusaku Maezawa, founder of online Japanese clothing company Zozo. Maezawa has a few years yet to... dreamer within all of us," he told reporters. As for Maezawa, he told reporters that it was his lifelong dream to ...
08 December 2021
Japanese billionaire heads to the ISS for a 12 day stay
...privately held US companies. Online fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa and his production assistant Yozo Hirano blasted...of seven people including two Russian cosmonauts and a Japanese astronaut. Maezawa, who is a space enthusiast, also plans to take eight ...
20 December 2021
Japanese space tourists land safely on Earth after 12 days on ISS
... and going to the bathroom. Online fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano parachuted onto Kazakhstan's... control. Russia's defence ministry had said on Sunday that Maezawa and Hirano were set to be surprised by recovery crews ...
03 March 2021
Japanese billionaire offers space seats on his private lunar trip
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who paid an undisclosed sum for .... "I'm inviting you to join me on this mission. Eight of you from all around the world," Maezawa said. "I have bought all the seats, so it will be a private ride," he added. To...
April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
... will eventually be followed by landers carrying new lunar explorers and space tourists. We already have the example of Yusaku Maezawa, the Japanese billionaire, and six of his artist friends, who have signed up for a circum-lunar flight...
January 2019
Is the NewSpace bubble about to burst?
... and amortisation) for the 12 months to September 2018 includes customer deposits (such as that from Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, which could account for nearly half of this figure) and excludes non-core R&D on BFR and Starlink...
