 Artistic rendition of Starship firing its engines during its lunar flyby | |
| Mission type | Crewed lunar flyby (cancelled) |
|---|---|
| Operator | SpaceX |
| Website | dearmoon |
| Mission duration | 6 days (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Starship[1][2] |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 9 |
| Members | Yusaku Maezawa Steve Aoki Choi Seung Hyun Yemi A.D. Rhiannon Adam Tim Dodd Karim Iliya Brendan Hall Dev Joshi |
| Start of mission | |
| Rocket | SpaceX Starship[3] |
| End of mission | |
| Declared | June 2024 |
 dearMoon project insignia | |
The dearMoon project was a proposed lunar tourism mission conceived and financed by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa. It would have seen Maezawa and eight civilian artists fly a circumlunar trajectory around the Moon aboard a SpaceX Starship spacecraft.
Maezawa said he expected the experience of space tourism to "inspire the accompanying passengers in the creation of something new".[3]
The project was unveiled in September 2018 and initially scheduled to launch in 2023.[4] Due to delays in the development of Starship, it was delayed, then cancelled entirely in June 2024.[5][6]
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- ^ a b Foust, Jeff (6 February 2018). "SpaceX no longer planning crewed missions on Falcon Heavy". Spacenews. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Meet the dearMoon Crew!". Meet the dearMoon Crew!. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
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