The First All-Civilian Mission to Fly Around the Moon
Lunar Mission aboard Starship developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Yusaku Maezawa (CEO, Start Today, Inc.) announced that 8 crew members and 2 backup crew members have been selected for “dearMoon,” the first all-civilian project to fly around the Moon aboard Starship, a rocket being developed by Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Headquartered in Hawthorne, California, Founder: Elon Musk, SpaceX, Inc.).
In March 2021, Maezawa, wishing to “open up the opportunity of going to space to more and more diverse talents,” put out a call on the official dearMoon website for crew members to join him on the moon, and received more than 1 million applications from 249 countries and regions.
The profiles and interview videos of the 8 crew members and 2 backup crew members who passed the selection, interviews, and medical check have now been released. The 8 crew members from diverse backgrounds will fly around the Moon for approximately 7 days with Maezawa and return to Earth.
Released “dearMoon’s Crew Announcement!: at dearMoon Official website: https://dearmoon.earth
