SpaceX Launch Today: Another Ride for a Millionaire Around the Moon

SpaceX said Wednesday that it has booked yet another mission around the moon for a wealthy thrill-seeker on its forthcoming Starship spacecraft.

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Dennis Tito, a US millionaire who previously paid his way to the International Space Station in 2001, and his wife, Akiko, plan to take a lunar expedition that will last roughly a week, according to SpaceX.

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The mission will come only after SpaceX fulfills its commitment to launch billionaire payments processing CEO Jared Isaacman.

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On the first commercial human spaceflight mission on Starship, a rocket and spacecraft system that is still under development at SpaceX facilities in South Texas

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On the first commercial human spaceflight mission on Starship, a rocket and spacecraft system that is still under development at SpaceX facilities in South Texas

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SpaceX will also carry out its first trip around the moon for billionaire fashion mogul Yusaku Maezawa, a mission announced years ago

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Tito said during a news conference Wednesday afternoon that the only difference between his mission and Maezawa’s will be that he and his wife only purchased individual seats on the mission.

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“The mission now is open for 10 others to sign up as well,” Tito said.

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He added he is not expecting this flight to launch in the near future, as he hopes SpaceX will launch “hundreds” of flights — including uncrewed satellite launches — before he and his wife fly.

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