Another set of amateur astronauts is set to go to the International Space Station next month.A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, video manufacturer Yozo Hirano and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin is set up to introduce from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 8, beginning a 12-day objective to the International Space Station (ISS). Liftoff is set up for 2:38 a.m. EST (0738 GMT). You can enjoy it live at Space.com when the time comes, thanks to Roscosmos, Russias federal area agency.Photos: The very first area travelers 11 days up until Launch Unusual training in Russia ③ The spinning chair – practically feels like torture. Some cosmonauts say its essential, some state its not. In either case, its the hardest training ever done. ※ Warning: eyes will be spinning simply by watching #MZJourneytoSpace pic.twitter.com/ARzh7yaXXkNovember 27, 2021See moreMaezawa booked the trip for himself and Hirano, who will record the flight, through Virginia-based company Space Adventures. Space Adventures has sent out 7 different paying clients to the orbiting lab to date, most recently in the fall of 2009, when Cirque du Soleil co-founder Guy Laliberté made the journey. Misurkin will command the Soyuz.However, it hasnt been 12 years given that an amateur astronaut has been aboard the ISS– far from it. Russian movie director Klim Shipenko and star Yulia Peresild went to the orbiting laboratory for 10 days in October, to film parts of a motion picture called “The Challenge.” Shipenko and Peresild made the journey on a Soyuz, however their trip wasnt arranged by Space Adventures.The Maezawa-Hirano-Misurkin flight will be the very first ISS Space Adventures trip that carries more than one area traveler. The business has not revealed how much Maezawa spent for each seat, but previous consumers reportedly put down $20 million to $40 million for their flights.The Russian Soyuz spacecraft that will carry Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, video manufacturer Yozo Hirano and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin to the International Space Station undergoes pre-launch processing. Launch of the trios objective is arranged for Dec. 8, 2021. (Image credit: Roscosmos) Maezawa has been keeping us published on his preflight activities via Twitter. On Nov. 19, he tweeted that he had actually shown up at Baikonur. And on Saturday (Nov. 27), he posted a series of tweets outlining the “unusual training” he has been going through just recently, which includes sleeping on a likely bed, playing badminton every day and being spun around in a special chair.” The spinning chair– practically seems like abuse. Some cosmonauts state its essential, some say its not. In any case, its the hardest training ever done. Warning: eyes will be spinning simply by enjoying,” Maezawa composed via Twitter Saturday, where he published a video of the spinning chair in action.Maezawa will go much further afield than the ISS a couple of years from now, if all goes according to plan. The billionaire, who founded the online fashion merchant Zozotown to name a few business, has likewise scheduled a journey around the moon on SpaceXs Starship lorry. That flight is tentatively targeted for 2023. Mike Wall is the author of “Out There” (Grand Central Publishing, 2018; shown by Karl Tate), a book about the search for alien life. Follow him on Twitter @michaeldwall. Follow us on Twitter @Spacedotcom or on Facebook..
Another pair of amateur astronauts is set to visit the International Space Station next month.A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, video manufacturer Yozo Hirano and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin is set up to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 8, kicking off a 12-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). You can see it live at Space.com when the time comes, courtesy of Roscosmos, Russias federal area agency.Photos: The first space travelers 11 days up until Launch Unusual training in Russia ③ The spinning chair – practically feels like abuse. ※ Warning: eyes will be spinning just by seeing #MZJourneytoSpace pic.twitter.com/ARzh7yaXXkNovember 27, 2021See moreMaezawa scheduled the journey for himself and Hirano, who will document the flight, by means of Virginia-based company Space Adventures.” Shipenko and Peresild made the journey on a Soyuz, however their journey wasnt organized by Space Adventures.The Maezawa-Hirano-Misurkin flight will be the very first ISS Space Adventures journey that brings more than one area traveler.