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Japan space tourist eyes Mariana Trench trip after ISS
AFP, Published on 07/01/2022
» TOKYO - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa said Friday his trip into space had given him a new appreciation for Earth, and he now hopes to plunge into the ocean's forbidding Mariana Trench.
Japanese space tourists returning to Earth after 12 days on ISS
AFP, Published on 20/12/2021
» MOSCOW: A Japanese billionaire was to return to Earth Monday after spending 12 days on the International Space Station, where he made videos about performing mundane tasks in space including brushing teeth and going to the bathroom.
Russia ready to 'fight' for space tourism supremacy
AFP, Published on 19/12/2021
» MOSCOW: After a decade-long hiatus, Russia is relaunching an ambitious bid for dominion over the world's budding space tourism industry, jostling with zealous billionaires, the United States, and rising China.
Russian rocket blasts off carrying Japanese billionaire to the ISS
AFP, Published on 08/12/2021
» BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan: A Russian rocket lifted off on Wednesday carrying a Japanese billionaire to the International Space Station, marking the country's return to space tourism after a decade-long pause that saw the rise of competition from US companies.
Russian crew to return to Earth after filming first movie in space
AFP, Published on 17/10/2021
» MOSCOW: A Russian actress and director were set to return to Earth on Sunday after spending 12 days in the International Space Station (ISS) shooting scenes for the first movie in orbit.
Russian crew set for lift off to film first movie in space
AFP, Published on 05/10/2021
» MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday is set to launch an actress and a film director into space in a bid to best the United States to the first movie made in orbit.
All aboard! Next stop space...
AFP, Published on 10/04/2021
» WASHINGTON - Several hundred people have already booked their tickets and begun training for a spectacular voyage: a few minutes, or perhaps days, in the weightlessness of space.
SpaceX rocket explodes on ground after successful flight
AFP, Published on 04/03/2021
» WASHINGTON: Third time's a charm? Not so for SpaceX, whose unmanned rocket exploded on the ground Wednesday after carrying out what had seemed to be a successful flight and landing -- fresh on the heels of two fiery crashes.
Fly me to the Moon: Japan billionaire offers space seats
AFP, Published on 03/03/2021
» TOKYO: It's the sort of chance that comes along just once in a blue Moon: a Japanese billionaire is throwing open a private lunar expedition to eight people from around the world.
Moonstruck: Japan billionaire cancels hunt for lunar love
AFP, Published on 30/01/2020
» TOKYO - A Japanese billionaire who launched a public search for a girlfriend willing to join him on a trip into space abruptly cancelled the hunt on Thursday, despite attracting nearly 30,000 applicants.