DearMoon project

SpaceX is on the cusp of launching its gigantic Starship megarocket now that a launch rehearsal and static fire test is complete. Here’s what you need to know.SpaceX is currently dominating the spaceflight industry with its freakishly reliable Falcon 9 rocket. Now the highly innovative company, founded by Elon Musk in 2002, is preparing to take its next giant leap with the inaugural launch of the Starship rocket. We’ve put together this guide to help you understand the fully reusable megarocket and its potential to…

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa speaking at a press conference on January 7, 2022. Photo: Eugene Hoshiko (AP)Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has revealed the eight-person crew that will join him on a trip around the Moon.The wealthy entrepreneur, with an estimated net worth of $1.7 billion,purchased all the SpaceX Starship seats in 2018, in what’s slated to be the first lunar flyby for the spaceship. In March 2021, Maezawa invited people to apply for a chance to come along for the ride on what he calls the…

Artist’s conception of a Starship spacecraft passing by the Moon.Image: SpaceXSpaceX has yet to send Starship to orbit, but that’s not stopping the company from selling rides aboard the future megarocket. Dennis and Akiko Tito are the first passengers announced for SpaceX’s second commercial spaceflight around the Moon. The pair, along with 10 others, will fly aboard the company’s Starship on a trajectory that will take the spacecraft through cislunar space. No date has been set for the mission, as a fully stacked…