Japanese space tourists return to Earth after 12 days on ISS

by The Manila Times

Dec 20, 2021 12:27 pm

ALMATY, Kazakstan: A Japanese billionaire returned to Earth on Monday, Russia's space agency said, after 12 days spent on the International Space Station where he made videos about performing mundane tasks in space including brushing teeth and going to the bathroom.

Online fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano parachuted onto Kazakhstan's steppe at around the expected landing time of 0313 GMT Monday, along with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin.

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