Artykuły o Soyuz MS-20

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Japanese billionaire, Russian actress to fly to ISS
by Jeff Foust — May 13, 2021


Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will fly with a production assistant to the International Space Station on a commercial Soyuz mission. Credit: Space Adventures

WASHINGTON — A Japanese billionaire best known for buying a SpaceX Starship flight around the moon will go to space first on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station, two months after a Russian actress and director visit the station.

Space tourism company Space Adventures and the Russian space agency Roscosmos announced May 13 that Yusaku Maezawa will fly to the ISS on the Soyuz MS-20 mission launching Dec. 8 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. He will be accompanied by a production assistant, Yozo Hirano, on the 12-day flight, commanded by Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin. (...)

Peresild, an actress who has appeared extensively in Russian television and film, was one of four finalists for the mission. Another actress, Alena Mordovina, will train as the backup for the mission. A third finalist, Galina Kairova, a pilot and amateur actress, was invited by Roscosmos to train to become a professional cosmonaut.

Source: https://spacenews.com/japanese-billionaire-russian-actress-to-fly-to-iss/

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Soyuz launches Japanese private astronauts to ISS
by Jeff Foust — December 8, 2021 Updated 8:55 a.m. after successful docking. [SN]


A Soyuz rocket lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Dec. 8 carrying the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft, with a Roscosmos cosmonaut and two Japanese private astronauts on board. Credit: Roscosmos

WASHINGTON — A Soyuz spacecraft launched Dec. 8 carrying two Japanese private astronauts and a Roscosmos cosmonaut on the first flight in more than a decade for space tourism company Space Adventures.

Source: https://spacenews.com/soyuz-launches-japanese-private-astronauts-to-iss/

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Japanese billionaire and assistant arrive at space station
December 8, 2021 William Harwood [SFN]


Yusaku Maezawa, Yozo Hirano, and Alexander Misurkin, wearing blue flight suits, joined seven other residents on the International Space Station after docking Dec. 8. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now

A Russian cosmonaut, a Japanese billionaire and his production assistant rocketed into orbit Wednesday and headed for the International Space Station for an 12-day visit, the first by paying “space tourists” in more than a decade.

The mission serves as a stepping stone of sorts to a much more ambitious flight by Yusaku Maezawa, the founder of Zozotown, the largest online fashion retailer in Japan. He is working with SpaceX to charter a flight around the moon aboard the company’s Starship rocket when testing is complete.

Source: https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/12/08/russia-launches-japanese-billionaire-and-assistant-to-space-station/

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Soyuz returns from private astronaut mission to the ISS
by Jeff Foust — December 20, 2021


Japanese private astronauts Yozo Hirano and Yusaku Maezawa returned to Earth Dec. 19 after spending more than 11 days on the International Space Station. Credit: Roscosmos/Pavel Kassin

WASHINGTON — A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian cosmonaut and two Japanese private astronauts returned to Earth late Dec. 19, wrapping up a banner year for commercial human spaceflight.

The Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station at 6:50 p.m. Eastern, more than 11 days after its arrival there. It safely landed in Kazakhstan at 10:13 p.m. Eastern.

Source: https://spacenews.com/soyuz-returns-from-private-astronaut-mission-to-the-iss/

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Japanese space tourists return to Earth
December 20, 2021 Stephen Clark [SFN]


Russian commander Alexander Misurkin smiles after getting out of the Soyuz MS-20 landing capsule, visible at bottom. Credit: Roscosmos

Two Japanese space tourists and a veteran Russian cosmonaut departed the International Space Station and landed back on Earth Sunday, capping a 12-day mission with a parachute-assisted touchdown in frigid Kazakhstan.

Source: https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/12/20/japanese-space-tourists-return-to-earth/