The two will follow cosmonaut training from next month. The launch of the Soyuz spaceship that will take them to the ISS is scheduled for October 5. The flight with Cruise on board must also take place in October. The American actor does not go to the space station with a Soyuz, but with the crew Dragon from SpaceX.
Billionaire
Roskosmos also announced that Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, 45, is likely to make a flight to the ISS in December. Maezawa also wants to make a flight around the moon in a few years in the Starship that is being developed by space company SpaceX.
“I’m curious what it’s like to live in space, so I want to find out,” said Maezawa. He wants to share his experiences on a YouTube channel. A production assistant will also accompany you for this.
So far, eight space tourists have taken a self-paid trip to the ISS. Maezawa is the first from Japan. How much he pays is not known. In the past, space tourists paid between $ 20 and $ 35 million for a place in the Soyuz.
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