Japanese Space Tourist Says He Would Love Longer Flight

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin (R), space flight participants Yusaku Maezawa (C), and Yozo Hirano attend a news conference ahead of the expedition to the International Space Station at the Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Center, in Star City outside Moscow, on Oct. 14, 2021. Shamil Zhumatov/Pool Photo via AP

MOSCOW—A Japanese space tourist said Wednesday that he felt his 12-day mission to the International Space Station was too short and he would love to stay a week more.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa, his producer Yozo Hirano, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin blasted off to the station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on Dec. 8 and returned to Earth on Monday.