Soyuz MS-20

Alexander Misurkin

• Birthday: 09/23/1977
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: Russian
• First Flight: 03/28/2013
• Last Flight: 12/08/2021

Alexander Alexanderovich Misurkin (Russian: Aлександр Aлександрович Мисуркин) born on September 23, 1977, a major in the Russian Air Force, is a Russian cosmonaut, selected in 2006. He flew aboard Soyuz TMA-08M on 28 March 2013 as his first space mission, and launched on Soyuz MS-06 as his second flight, in 2017. He was Commander of the International Space Station for Expedition 54.

Yozo Hirano

• Birthday: 01/01/1985
• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: Japanese
• First Flight: 12/08/2021
• Last Flight: 12/08/2021

Born in Ehime Prefecture, Japan in 1985. Yozo joined ZOZO Co. Ltd shortly after graduating from university, in charge of management and casting director of the photography team. After leaving ZOZO, he started working as a producer and manager for Yusaku Maezawa’s private projects.

Exact date of birth is unknown.

Yusaku Maezawa

• Birthday: 11/22/1975
• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: Japanese
• First Flight: 12/08/2021
• Last Flight: 12/08/2021

Yusaku Maezawa is a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur and art collector. He founded Start Today in 1998 and launched the online fashion retail website Zozotown in 2004, now Japan’s largest. Most recently, Maezawa introduced a custom-fit apparel brand ZOZO and at-home measurement system, the ZOZOSUIT, in 2018.

Soyuz MS-20

• Type: Human Exploration
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
• Launch Cost: $80,000,000

Soyuz MS-20 will carry Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Misurkin as well as two tourists, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano, to the International Space Station.

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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

31/6 has witnessed the launch of 417 rockets, including 417 orbital launch attempts, while Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the site for 1550 rocket launches.

Progress Rocket Space Center Soyuz 2.1a

The Soyuz 2.1A converted the flight control system from analog to digital, which allowed launch from fixed platforms. It also allowed big fairings and payloads.
It is currently used for crewed Soyuz and Progress flights to the ISS.

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.