Japanese Billionaire Returns to Earth After Spending 12 Days in Space

Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa reacts as he speaks with his family after donning space suits shortly before the launch to the International Space Station (ISS) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on Dec. 8, 2021. Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo/Reuters

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and two fellow space travelers have safely returned to Earth on Monday as their Russian Soyuz spacecraft landed on the Kazakh steppe.

Meazawa, a 46-year-old fashion tycoon, spent 12 days on the International Space Station with his assistant Yozo Hirano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin.