Mission type | Crewed lunar flyby (cancelled) |
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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 |
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The dearMoon project was a planned lunar tourism mission and art project 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. If successful, the art would have been exhibited after returning to Earth, with the goal of promoting peace around the world.[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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