Yusaku Maezawa

Yusaku Maezawa is currently on the International Space Station as part of his 12-day trip, and is also due to visit the moon with SpaceX in 2023.

The Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa took off on Wednesday morning. He is expected to spend 12 days at the International Space Station.

Previously, Yusaku Maezawa said he'd only take artists aboard the SpaceX Starship rocket to the moon, but now he's broadening the search.

Pre-registration for the trip is open through March 14, and an initial screening process will begin March 21, according to the mission website.

JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi says he's had "a lot of discussions" with Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa about joining his lunar Starship flight.

"I was blinded by the virus-driven market swings," he tweeted, adding "how many people could the money have been given out to and saved?"

Yusaku Maezawa has tickets for SpaceX's first commerical flight around the moon, which is scheduled for 2023.

Yusaku Maezawa announced he's looking for a "female partner" to accompany him, and he will find her through the medium of a reality TV show.

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is booked to take the first private flight aboard SpaceX's Starship rocket around the moon in 2023.

Maezawa says the giveaway is a "social experiment" to see if the money would make his followers happier.

Maezawa announced on Twitter that he was taking applications for a 'serious matchmaking documentary' to find a lifelong partner.

Yusaku Maezawa is expected to be the first passenger on SpaceX's moon voyage in 2023. He just sold his fashion business for $900 million.

With SpaceX CEO Elon Musk at his side in September 2018, Yusaku Maezawa announced he'd be the first Starship passenger on a flight around the moon.

Starhopper is a stubby rocket-ship test vehicle that Elon Musk's company SpaceX built in Texas. But after a few flights, its work may be done.

Elon Musk announced in September that Yusaku Maezawa had purchased a ticket to fly around the moon on SpaceX's Big Falcon rocket.

Elon Musk, founder of the rocket company SpaceX, has revealed that Yusaku Maezawa will likely be the world's first moon tourist. Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire and art collector, has asked Musk to join him and up to eight artists on the week-long lunar flight. Musk hasn't said no, but "maybe."

If Elon Musk's plans for SpaceX's next rocket ship are realized, a group of artists will get to experience an up-close view of the moon and see Earth from space, thanks to Japanese billionaire and art collector Yusaku Maezawa.

Japanese billionaire Yasuka Maezawa was named as the funder of SpaceX's future private mission around the moon in 2023 aboard the company's Big Falcon Rocket. But Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, also shared eyebrow-raising new images and details about what he says is the "final iteration" of BFR.