8 Crew Members Announced By Japanese Billionaire For Moon Mission

Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire, announced Thursday that eight crew members would accompany him on a SpaceX rocket that is still in the works to travel around the Moon in 2023 .

Washington, D.C.: Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire, announced Thursday that eight crew members would accompany him on a SpaceX rocket that is still in the works to travel around the Moon in 2023.In an announcement video on YouTube, Maezawa said he intended to invite a crew of six-to-eight musicians, but he later changed the criteria to a competition for students to submit their work.Dear Moon, an online store, said that although the upper stage succeeded in test flights within the atmosphere and successfully landing, SpaceX's Starship will not arrive at the International Space Station until the end of 2022.

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