Yusaku Maezawa is a Japanese entrepreneur and space tourist who has significantly invested in space exploration. He funded the "dearMoon" project, a canceled lunar tourism mission that aimed to send himself and a crew of artists on a free-return trajectory around the Moon aboard a SpaceX Starship. In December 2021, Maezawa spent 12 days on the International Space Station (ISS) as a space tourist, facilitated by Space Adventures and Roscosmos. Furthermore, he has invested in Astroscale, a company focused on satellite servicing and space debris removal, demonstrating his commitment to the long-term sustainability of space activities.
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The Miraikan exhibition displays the descent capsule from Soyuz MS-20, which flew Yusaku Maezawa, Yozo Hizano, and Alexander Misurkin to the International Space Station in December 2021.
Soyuz MS-20 flew Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, his assistant Yozo Hizano, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin to the International Space Station in December 2021.
Maezawa Fund Inc. is a venture capital fund established and operated by Japanese billionaire entrepreneur and commercial astronaut Yusaku Maezawa.
Yusaku Maezawa signed a contract for the dearMoon mission in 2018 and made a down payment of undisclosed size.
Yusaku Maezawa canceled the dearMoon circumlunar mission on 2024-06-01.
Astroscale has raised U.S. $76,000,000 from new investors including Mitsubishi Electric and Yusaku Maezawa, bringing the company’s total funding to U.S. $376,000,000.
Astroscale Holdings Inc received a U.S. $23,000,000 investment from Yusaku Maezawa.
Yusaku Maezawa spent 12 days on the International Space Station in December 2021.
Astroscale Holdings Inc. received a U.S. $23,000,000 investment from Yusaku Maezawa.
Yusaku Maezawa spent 12 days on the International Space Station in December 2021.
Yusaku Maezawa invested $23,000,000 in Astroscale’s Series G funding round.
Yusaku Maezawa and Elon Musk originally announced the dearMoon circumlunar flight in September 2018 with an expected launch in 2023.
Yusaku Maezawa tweeted on 2022-12-04 that he would make the dearMoon crew announcement on the one-year anniversary after an online meeting with Elon Musk.
SpaceX plans to use Starship for Starlink satellite launches and the dearMoon circumlunar mission organized by Yusaku Maezawa.
Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano launched to the International Space Station on a Soyuz rocket on 2021-12-08 in a flight brokered by the American space tourism company Space Adventures.
The Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft will launch 2021-12-08 carrying Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, his production assistant Yozo Hirano, and professional astronaut Alexander Misurkin.
Yusaku Maezawa will fly to the International Space Station on Soyuz MS-20 launching 2020-12-08 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Yozo Hirano will accompany Yusaku Maezawa on the 12-day Soyuz MS-20 flight to the International Space Station.
Yusaku Maezawa purchased a SpaceX Starship circumlunar flight in 2018.
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa purchased a flight of the Starship vehicle in September 2018 for a circumlunar mission called dearMoon scheduled for 2023.