1982 Basquiat painting, owned by Japanese billionaire space tourist Yusaku Maezawa, fetches $85 mn at auctionThe auctioneers had tipped it to go for around $70 million.
20 May, 2022, 09.06 PM IST
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa wants to sell his Basquiat artwork, hopes to get $70 mn at auctionThe 16-foot-wide 'Untitled' 1982 by Jean-Michel Basquiat will be sold on May 18.
01 Mar, 2022, 04.18 PM IST
Japan aims to put a person on the moon by late 2020sAccording to the draft schedule of the plan, Japan aims to put the first non-American on the moon as part of the Artemis programme, a U.S.-...
28 Dec, 2021, 11.26 AM IST
Japanese tycoon Yusaku Maezawa and producer Yozo Hirano takes off for International Space StationFashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa and producer Yozo Hirano, who plans to film his mission, blasted off for the International Space Station in a...
08 Dec, 2021, 10.31 PM IST
'Dream come true.' Russian rocket blasts off carrying Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to spaceFellow billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson all made breakthrough commercial tourism flights this year, bursting into a m...
08 Dec, 2021, 06.01 PM IST
Japanese tycoon takes off for International Space StationFashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa has also booked a flyby around the moon aboard Elon Musk's Starship that is tentatively scheduled for 2023.
08 Dec, 2021, 02.36 PM IST
Shoot to thrill! William Shatner becomes latest celeb to go into space. List of amateur astronauts who took a trip to orbitBezos and his brother Mark were also on Blue Origin's maiden mission in July.
13 Oct, 2021, 07.32 PM IST
SpaceX founder Elon Musk says Starship orbital stack to be ready for flight in few weeksSpaceX in May successfully landed its Starship prototype, SN15, a reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle that could eventually carry astronauts...
15 Aug, 2021, 11.29 AM IST
Musk says SpaceX to land Starship rockets on Mars well before 2030The private space company had raised about $850 million in equity financing in February even as a prototype of its Starship rocket exploded...
23 Mar, 2021, 03.20 PM IST
Third time is a charm ... until it isn't: SpaceX Starship rocket nails landing, then blows upThe Starship is being developed to carry humans on future missions to Mars.
04 Mar, 2021, 02.26 PM IST
Fly me to the Moon: Japan billionaire offers space seatsYusaku Maezawa, an online fashion tycoon, was announced in 2018 as the first man to book a spot aboard the lunar spaceship being developed ...
03 Mar, 2021, 10.37 AM IST
Hunt ends for lunar love: Moonstruck Japanese billionaire cancels matchmaking documentary, says he had mixed feelingsYusaku Maezawa expressed remorse to inform everyone of his 'selfish decision'.
31 Jan, 2020, 09.36 AM IST
After ‘want a partner to the Moon’ ad, Yusaku Maezawa tops Japan Twitter with 7.2 mn followersWhether Maezawa has found love on Twitter is still unknown, but he has certainly found fame.
30 Jan, 2020, 09.27 AM IST
Fly me to the Moon! Japanese billionaire wants a girlfriend to join him on SpaceX rocketYusaku Maezawa is accepting applications from "single women aged 20 or over."
13 Jan, 2020, 11.31 AM IST
A Basquiat work from the 20th century fetched $45.3 million in an auctionThe piece helped lure a host of billionaires to the boutique auction house’s preview.
18 May, 2018, 07.12 PM IST
American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat's painting sells for $110.5 mn at auctionThe painting, 'Untitled', forged from oil stick and spray paint, was sold by Sotheby's in New York.
21 May, 2017, 05.32 PM IST
Arun Pudur tops Asia's wealthiest under-40 listGlobal wealth intelligence and prospecting company said Pudur, the owner of Celframe, topped the list with a personal fortune of $ 4 billio...
11 May, 2015, 12.41 PM IST