A Soyuz-2.1a rocket booster carrying the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft transports from an assembling facility to a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft carrying Japanese space tourists Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for 8 December 2021.