Japanese fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa's reports to Russia's Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin before heading to the launchpad along with his production assistant Yozo Hirano. The launch will take place at Russia-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Their journey aboard the three-person Soyuz spacecraft piloted by cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin will take just over six hours, capping a banner year that many have seen as a turning point for private space travel.

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