DearMoon project

*dearMoon* project
	Artistic rendition of Starship firing its engines during its lunar flyby
Mission type	Crewed lunar flyby (cancelled)
Operator	SpaceX
Website	dearmoon.earth
Mission duration	6 days (planned)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Starship
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
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]

^ Cite error: The named reference Sep 2018 presentation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ SpaceX signs its first passenger to fly aboard the Big Falcon Rocket Moon mission Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine. CatchNews. 14 September 2018.
^ ^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.
^ Cite error: The named reference ars20240601 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Notice of Project Cancellation" (PDF). dearmoon (dearmoon.earth). 2024-06-06.

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[2] SpaceX signs its first passenger to fly aboard the Big Falcon Rocket Moon mission Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine. CatchNews. 14 September 2018.

[Spacenews-3] Foust, Jeff (6 February 2018). "SpaceX no longer planning crewed missions on Falcon Heavy". Spacenews. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

[schedule-4] "Meet the dearMoon Crew!". Meet the dearMoon Crew!. Retrieved 2023-09-06.

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[6] "Notice of Project Cancellation" (PDF). dearmoon (dearmoon.earth). 2024-06-06.

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