‘Dream come true’: Russian rocket takes Japan billionaire to space

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A Russian rocket lifted off carrying a Japanese billionaire to the International Space Station, marking the country’s return to space tourism after a decade-long pause that saw the rise of competition from privately held US companies.Online fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa and his production assistant Yozo Hirano blasted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 07.38 GMT on Wednesday.Their journey aboard the three-person Soyuz spacecraft piloted by cosmonaut Alexander…


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