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*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
Mitglieder	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]

History

On February 27, 2017, SpaceX announced that they were planning to fly two space tourists on a free-return trajectory around the Moon, now known to be billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, and one friend.^[7] This mission, which would have launched in late 2018, was planned to use the Crew Dragon capsule already developed under contract for NASA's Commercial Crew Program and launched via a Falcon Heavy rocket.^[8] As well as being a source of income for the company, any mission would serve as technology development for SpaceX's further plans to colonize Mars.^[9]

At the time of the 2017 announcement, Crew Dragon was still under development and the Falcon Heavy had yet to fly. Industry analysts noted that the schedule proposed by SpaceX might be too ambitious, as the capsule was expected to need modifications to handle differences in flight profile between the proposed lunar flight and its main use for crew transfer to space stations orbiting Earth.^[10]

In February 2018, SpaceX announced it no longer had plans to certify the Falcon Heavy for human spaceflight and that lunar missions would be flown on Starship (then called BFR^{[broken anchor]}).^[3]^[11] Starship is expected to have a pressurized volume of 1,000 m³ (35,000 cu ft), large common areas, central storage, a galley, and a solar storm shelter.^[12] Then, on 14 September 2018, SpaceX announced that the previously contracted passenger would be launched aboard Starship to fly by the Moon in 2023.^[13]^[14]

The project was unilaterally cancelled by Maezawa in May 2024. Starship development had fallen significantly behind the original SpaceX aspirational date for the flight in 2023—with the lunar flight likely delayed to the 2030s—and Maezawa's net worth had also halved since the time when the DearMoon venture was announced in 2018.^[5]

Crew

The project was announced in 2018 with the original intent to bring a crew of artists to the Moon. In this latest release, Maezawa calls for applicants to make up a crew of eight individuals from around the world for the week-long lunar trip.

On February 7, 2019, the dearMoon YouTube channel posted a video in which Maezawa discusses the movie First Man with director Damien Chazelle and lead actor Ryan Gosling. In the video, Maezawa officially invites Chazelle to come with him on his dearMoon project, making Chazelle the first person to be publicly invited to go. However, Chazelle answered that he had to think about it and discuss it with his wife.^[15] On March 3, 2021, Yusaku Maezawa announced that eight members of the public will be selected to fly on dearMoon.^[16]^[17] On July 16, 2021, Yuzaku Maezawa uploaded a video that reveals 1 million people have joined, but there was still no information on who won the 8 seats.^[18]

On December 8, 2022, the crew of the mission was announced, along with two backup crew members.^[19]^[20]

Primary crew


Position	Astronaut
Spacecraft commander	Yusaku Maezawa Would have been second spaceflight
Pilot	Steve Aoki Would have been first spaceflight
YouTuber	Tim Dodd Would have been first spaceflight
Multidisciplinary Creative	Yemi A.D. Would have been first spaceflight
Photographic Artist	Rhiannon Adam Would have been first spaceflight
Photographer	Karim Iliya Would have been first spaceflight
Filmmaker	Brendan Hall Would have been first spaceflight
Actor	Dev Joshi Would have been first spaceflight
Singer	Choi Seung-hyun Would have been first spaceflight

Backup crew


Position	Astronaut
Mission Specialist	Kaitlyn Farrington Would have been first spaceflight
Mission Specialist	Miyu Would have been first spaceflight

Objective

The dearMoon project passengers would have been Yusaku Maezawa and eight accomplished artists that Maezawa had invited to travel with him for free.^[21]^[7] Maezawa expected this flight to inspire the artists in their creation of new art, which will be presented some time after their return to Earth. He had hoped this project will help promote peace around the world.^[1]^[22]^[7]

Mission profile

Initially proposed to launch in 2023, the circumlunar mission was expected to have taken 6 days to complete,^[1] following a free-return trajectory similar to that of Apollo 13. NASA is expected to launch Artemis 2 on a similar trajectory in September 2025, with a crew of four.^[23]

Cancellation

The mission was cancelled on 1 June 2024, due to Starship's developmental delays.^[5]^[24]

The cancellation was announced on the project website^[25] and on X.^[26] The cancellation notice^[27] stated "Arrangements were being made with SpaceX to target the launch by the end of 2023. Unfortunately, however, launch within 2023 became unfeasible, and without clear schedule certainty in the near-term, it is with a heavy heart that Maezawa made the unavoidable decision to cancel the project".

References

^ ^a ^b ^c First Private Passenger on Lunar Starship Mission. SpaceX. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via YouTube.
^ 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 ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Berger, Eric (1 June 2024). "Here's why a Japanese billionaire just canceled his lunar flight on Starship". ArsTechnica. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
^ "Notice of Project Cancellation" (PDF). dearmoon (dearmoon.earth). 2024-06-06.
^ ^a ^b ^c How SpaceX's 1st Passenger Flight Around the Moon with Yusaku Maezawa Will Work Archived 2020-02-01 at the Wayback Machine. Tariq Malik, Space.com. 18 September 2018.
^ SpaceX (27 February 2017). "SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond the Moon Next Year". SpaceX. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
^ David Dickinson (1 March 2017). "SpaceX Announces 2018 Moonshot Mission". Sky and Telescope. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
^ Mike Wall (4 March 2017). "Could SpaceX Get People to the Moon in 2018?". Scientific American. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
^ Pasztor, Andy. "Elon Musk Says SpaceX's New Falcon Heavy Rocket Unlikely to Carry Astronauts". WSJ. Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ "Making Life Multiplanetary: Abridged transcript of Elon Musk's presentation to the 68th International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia" (PDF). SpaceX. September 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
^ Eric Ralph (14 September 2018). "SpaceX has signed a private passenger for the first BFR launch around the Moon". Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
^ Grush, Loren (14 September 2018). "SpaceX says it will send someone around the Moon on its future monster rocket". The Verge. Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
^ Movie "FIRST MAN" Special talk -Yusaku Maezawa × Damien Chazelle × Ryan Gosling-. dearMoon. 7 February 2019. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via YouTube.
^ Sheetz, Michael (2 March 2021). "Japanese billionaire to fly eight members of the public on SpaceX moon flight". CNBC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ Maezawa, Yusaku [@yousuckMZ] (3 March 2021). "Get your FREE TICKET to the MOON!!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021 – via Twitter.
^ 【全世界から100万人が応募】dearMoon 最終選考間近、エントリー映像公開！【1M ENTRIES WORLDWIDE】dearMoon Applicants Sneak Peek!. Yusaku Maezawa【MZ】. 16 July 2021. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via YouTube.
^ Sheetz, Michael [@thesheetztweetz] (8 December 2022). "Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa announced the dearMoon crew: DJ & producer Steve Aoki Youtube creator Tim Dodd Artist Yemi A.D. Photographer Karim Iliya Photographer Rhiannon Adam Filmmaker Brendan Hall Actor Dev Joshi Musician T.O.P. https://t.co/8QRphzGKef" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via Twitter.
^ dearMoon Crew Announcement! | 月周回プロジェクトdearMoon クルー発表. Yusaku Maezawa【MZ】. 8 December 2022. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via YouTube.
^ 前澤友作@MZDAO [@yousuck2020] (19 September 2018). "After a press conference, we talked a lot at Elon's home. He said that it would be reliable if 1-2 astronauts will be on board. #dearMoon ＠elonmusk" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via Twitter.
^ Dear Moon Archived 2020-01-12 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed: 17 September 2018.
^ Foust, Jeff (9 January 2024). "NASA delays Artemis 2 and 3 missions". SpaceNews. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
^ "Japanese billionaire cancels private flight around the moon on SpaceX's giant Starship". Space.com.
^ "dearMoon Project". Retrieved June 1, 2024.
^ "x.com". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2024-06-01.
^ "Notice of Project Cancellation" (PDF). dearMoon Project. June 1, 2024. Retrieved June 1, 2024.

External links

Official website

[Sep_2018_presentation-1] First Private Passenger on Lunar Starship Mission. SpaceX. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via YouTube.

[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.

[ars20240601-5] Berger, Eric (1 June 2024). "Here's why a Japanese billionaire just canceled his lunar flight on Starship". ArsTechnica. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

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

[Malik_slides-7] How SpaceX's 1st Passenger Flight Around the Moon with Yusaku Maezawa Will Work Archived 2020-02-01 at the Wayback Machine. Tariq Malik, Space.com. 18 September 2018.

[SpaceX-2017-02-27-8] SpaceX (27 February 2017). "SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond the Moon Next Year". SpaceX. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.

[SnT-2017-03-01-9] David Dickinson (1 March 2017). "SpaceX Announces 2018 Moonshot Mission". Sky and Telescope. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

[SciAm-2017-03-04-10] Mike Wall (4 March 2017). "Could SpaceX Get People to the Moon in 2018?". Scientific American. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

[11] Pasztor, Andy. "Elon Musk Says SpaceX's New Falcon Heavy Rocket Unlikely to Carry Astronauts". WSJ. Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

[68IAC-trans-12] "Making Life Multiplanetary: Abridged transcript of Elon Musk's presentation to the 68th International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia" (PDF). SpaceX. September 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2018-06-08.

[teslarati_moonflight-13] Eric Ralph (14 September 2018). "SpaceX has signed a private passenger for the first BFR launch around the Moon". Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

[grush-14] Grush, Loren (14 September 2018). "SpaceX says it will send someone around the Moon on its future monster rocket". The Verge. Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

[Chazelle-invite-15] Movie "FIRST MAN" Special talk -Yusaku Maezawa × Damien Chazelle × Ryan Gosling-. dearMoon. 7 February 2019. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via YouTube.

[03032021CNBC-16] Sheetz, Michael (2 March 2021). "Japanese billionaire to fly eight members of the public on SpaceX moon flight". CNBC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

[03032021tweet-17] Maezawa, Yusaku [@yousuckMZ] (3 March 2021). "Get your FREE TICKET to the MOON!!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021 – via Twitter.

[18] 【全世界から100万人が応募】dearMoon 最終選考間近、エントリー映像公開！【1M ENTRIES WORLDWIDE】dearMoon Applicants Sneak Peek!. Yusaku Maezawa【MZ】. 16 July 2021. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via YouTube.

[19] Sheetz, Michael [@thesheetztweetz] (8 December 2022). "Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa announced the dearMoon crew: DJ & producer Steve Aoki Youtube creator Tim Dodd Artist Yemi A.D. Photographer Karim Iliya Photographer Rhiannon Adam Filmmaker Brendan Hall Actor Dev Joshi Musician T.O.P. https://t.co/8QRphzGKef" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via Twitter.

[20] dearMoon Crew Announcement! | 月周回プロジェクトdearMoon クルー発表. Yusaku Maezawa【MZ】. 8 December 2022. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via YouTube.

[21] 前澤友作@MZDAO [@yousuck2020] (19 September 2018). "After a press conference, we talked a lot at Elon's home. He said that it would be reliable if 1-2 astronauts will be on board. #dearMoon ＠elonmusk" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via Twitter.

[DearMoon-22] Dear Moon Archived 2020-01-12 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed: 17 September 2018.

[sn-20240109-23] Foust, Jeff (9 January 2024). "NASA delays Artemis 2 and 3 missions". SpaceNews. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

[24] "Japanese billionaire cancels private flight around the moon on SpaceX's giant Starship". Space.com.

[25] "dearMoon Project". Retrieved June 1, 2024.

[:0-26] "x.com". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2024-06-01.

[27] "Notice of Project Cancellation" (PDF). dearMoon Project. June 1, 2024. Retrieved June 1, 2024.

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+{{Short description|Cancelled crewed circumlunar mission and art project}}
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 | image              = Starship passing the Moon-2018 version.jpg
 | image_size         = 300px
-| image_caption      = Artistic rendition of the [[SpaceX Starship|Starship]] firing its engines while passing by the Moon
+| image_caption      = Artistic rendition of [[SpaceX Starship|Starship]] firing its engines during its lunar flyby
-| mission_type       = Crewed lunar flyby
+| mission_type       = Crewed lunar flyby (cancelled)
 | operator           = [[SpaceX]]
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-| mission_duration   = 6 days
+| mission_duration   = 6 days (planned)
 | spacecraft_type    = [[SpaceX Starship|Starship]]<ref name="Sep 2018 presentation" /><ref>[http://www.catchnews.com/science-news/spacex-signs-its-first-passenger-to-fly-aboard-the-big-falcon-rocket-moon-mission-132574.html SpaceX signs its first passenger to fly aboard the Big Falcon Rocket Moon mission] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915121836/http://www.catchnews.com/science-news/spacex-signs-its-first-passenger-to-fly-aboard-the-big-falcon-rocket-moon-mission-132574.html |date=2018-09-15 }}. CatchNews. 14 September 2018.</ref>
+| crew_size          = 9
-| crew_size          = 10–12<ref name="03032021CNBC">{{cite web |last1=Sheetz |first1=Michael |title=Japanese billionaire to fly eight members of the public on SpaceX moon flight |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/02/yusaku-maezawa-opens-up-public-seats-on-spacex-starship-moon-flight.html |website=CNBC |access-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303135147/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/02/yusaku-maezawa-opens-up-public-seats-on-spacex-starship-moon-flight.html |archive-date=3 March 2021 |language=en |date=2 March 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+| crew_members       = [[Yusaku Maezawa]]<br />[[Steve Aoki]]<br />[[Choi Seung Hyun]]<br />[[Yemi A.D.]]<br />[[Rhiannon Adam]]<br />[[Tim Dodd]]<br />Karim Iliya<br />Brendan Hall<br />[[Dev Joshi]]
-| crew_members       = [[Yusaku Maezawa]]<br />[[Damien Chazelle]]<br />(not accepted yet)<ref name="Damien">{{Citation|last=dearMoon|title=Movie "FIRST MAN" Special talk -Yusaku Maezawa × Damien Chazelle × Ryan Gosling-|date=2019-02-06|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjoZUPVEtcQ|access-date=2019-03-06|archive-date=2019-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717000523/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjoZUPVEtcQ|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | manufacturer       = [[SpaceX]]
+| launch_rocket      = [[SpaceX Starship]]<ref name="Spacenews">{{cite web |last1=Foust |first1=Jeff |title=SpaceX no longer planning crewed missions on Falcon Heavy |date=6 February 2018 |url=http://spacenews.com/spacex-no-longer-planning-crewed-missions-on-falcon-heavy/ |publisher=Spacenews |access-date=6 February 2018}}</ref>
-| launch_date        = 2023 (proposed)<ref name='Sep 2018 presentation'/><ref name='DearMoon'/>
+| declared           = June 2024
-| launch_rocket      = [[SpaceX Starship]]<ref name="Spacenews">{{cite web |last1=Foust |first1=Jeff |title=SpaceX no longer planning crewed missions on Falcon Heavy |url=http://spacenews.com/spacex-no-longer-planning-crewed-missions-on-falcon-heavy/ |publisher=Spacenews |access-date=6 February 2018}}</ref>
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-The '''''dearMoon''''' '''project''' is a [[lunar tourism]] mission and art project conceived and financed by Japanese billionaire [[Yusaku Maezawa]]. It will make use of a [[SpaceX Starship]] on a [[private spaceflight]] flying a single [[circumlunar trajectory]] around the [[Moon]]. The passengers will be Maezawa, 8 civilians, and one or two crew members. The project was unveiled in September 2018 and the flight is expected to occur no earlier than 2023. The project objective is to have six to eight passengers travel with Maezawa for free around the Moon on a six-day tour. Maezawa expects that the experience of [[space tourism]] will inspire the accompanying passengers in the creation of something new. The art would be exhibited some time after returning to Earth to help promote peace around the world.
+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 had previously contracted in 2017 with SpaceX for a lunar flyby in a much smaller [[SpaceX Dragon 2|Dragon&nbsp;2]] spacecraft launched by a [[Falcon Heavy]] launch vehicle, which would have carried only two passengers. According to a [[SpaceX]] announcement in early 2018, the Falcon Heavy plan was shelved in light of the development of Starship.<ref name="Spacenews" /> {{As of|2021}}, Starship is [[Starship development history|in development]]. The crewed flight will not take place until after Starship is thoroughly tested and after an uncrewed circumlunar test flight.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}
+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.<ref name="Spacenews" />
+The project was unveiled in September 2018 and initially scheduled to launch in 2023.<ref name="schedule">{{Cite web |title=Meet the dearMoon Crew! |url=https://dearmoon.earth/ |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=Meet the dearMoon Crew! |language=en}}</ref> Due to delays in the development of Starship, it was delayed, then cancelled entirely in June 2024.<ref name=ars20240601/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-06 |title=Notice of Project Cancellation |url=https://dearmoon.earth/pdf/dearMoon_EN_240601.pdf?0531 |website=dearmoon (dearmoon.earth)}}</ref>
 == History ==
+On February 27, 2017, [[SpaceX]] announced that they were planning to fly two space tourists on a [[Circumlunar trajectory|free-return trajectory]] around the [[Moon]], now known to be billionaire [[Yusaku Maezawa]], and one friend.<ref name='Malik slides'>[https://www.space.com/41856-how-spacex-bfr-moon-passenger-flight-works.html How SpaceX's 1st Passenger Flight Around the Moon with Yusaku Maezawa Will Work] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201091259/https://www.space.com/41856-how-spacex-bfr-moon-passenger-flight-works.html |date=2020-02-01 }}. Tariq Malik, ''Space.com''. 18 September 2018.</ref> This mission, which would have launched in late 2018, was planned to use the [[SpaceX Dragon 2|Crew Dragon]] capsule already developed under contract for [[NASA]]'s [[Commercial Crew Development|Commercial Crew Program]] and launched via a [[Falcon Heavy]] rocket.<ref name=SpaceX-2017-02-27>{{cite web |url= http://www.spacex.com/news/2017/02/27/spacex-send-privately-crewed-dragon-spacecraft-beyond-moon-next-year |title= SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond the Moon Next Year |date= 27 February 2017 |author= SpaceX |publisher= SpaceX |access-date= 12 March 2017 |archive-date= 1 March 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170301013629/http://www.spacex.com/news/2017/02/27/spacex-send-privately-crewed-dragon-spacecraft-beyond-moon-next-year |url-status= live }}</ref> As well as being a source of income for the company, any mission would serve as technology development for [[Interplanetary Transport System|SpaceX's further plans to colonize Mars]].<ref name=SnT-2017-03-01>{{cite news |url= http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/spacex-announces-moonshot-mission-2018/ |title= SpaceX Announces 2018 Moonshot Mission |author= David Dickinson |date= 1 March 2017 |publisher= Sky and Telescope |access-date= 9 October 2017 |archive-date= 18 December 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191218225715/https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/spacex-announces-moonshot-mission-2018/ |url-status= live }}</ref> <!--Necessary or trivia?:  Had the 2018 launch target for a Moon mission been met, it would have marked the 50th anniversary of [[Apollo 8]], the first crewed Moon mission in 1968.<ref name =":2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.space.com/35850-spacex-private-moon-flight-nasa-reaction.html|title=As SpaceX Unveils Space Tourist Moon Flight, NASA Reacts|work=[[Space.com]]|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref> -->
+At the time of the 2017 announcement, [[SpaceX Dragon 2|Crew Dragon]] was still under development and the [[Falcon Heavy test flight|Falcon Heavy had yet to fly]]. Industry analysts noted that the schedule proposed by SpaceX might be too ambitious, as the capsule was expected to need modifications to handle differences in flight profile between the proposed lunar flight and its main use for crew transfer to [[space station]]s orbiting Earth.<ref name=SciAm-2017-03-04>{{Cite news |url= https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/could-spacex-get-people-to-the-moon-in-2018/ |title= Could SpaceX Get People to the Moon in 2018? |author= Mike Wall |date= 4 March 2017 |publisher= [[Scientific American]] |access-date= 9 October 2017 |archive-date= 23 November 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181123114845/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/could-spacex-get-people-to-the-moon-in-2018/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
-On February 27, 2017, SpaceX announced that they were planning to fly two space tourists on a [[Circumlunar trajectory|free-return trajectory]] around the [[Moon]], now known to be billionaire [[Yusaku Maezawa]], and one friend.<ref name='Malik slides'>[https://www.space.com/41856-how-spacex-bfr-moon-passenger-flight-works.html How SpaceX's 1st Passenger Flight Around the Moon with Yusaku Maezawa Will Work] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201091259/https://www.space.com/41856-how-spacex-bfr-moon-passenger-flight-works.html |date=2020-02-01 }}. Tariq Malik, ''Space.com''. 18 September 2018.</ref> This mission, which would have launched in late 2018, was planned to use the [[SpaceX Dragon 2|Crew Dragon 2]] capsule already developed under contract for [[NASA]]'s [[Commercial Crew Development|Commercial Crew Program]] and launched via a [[Falcon Heavy]] rocket.<ref name=SpaceX-2017-02-27>{{cite web |url= http://www.spacex.com/news/2017/02/27/spacex-send-privately-crewed-dragon-spacecraft-beyond-moon-next-year |title= SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond the Moon Next Year |date= 27 February 2017 |author= SpaceX |publisher= SpaceX |access-date= 12 March 2017 |archive-date= 1 March 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170301013629/http://www.spacex.com/news/2017/02/27/spacex-send-privately-crewed-dragon-spacecraft-beyond-moon-next-year |url-status= live }}</ref> As well as being a source of income for the company, any mission would serve as technology development for [[Interplanetary Transport System|SpaceX's further plans to colonize Mars]].<ref name=SnT-2017-03-01>{{cite news |url= http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/spacex-announces-moonshot-mission-2018/ |title= SpaceX Announces 2018 Moonshot Mission |author= David Dickinson |date= 1 March 2017 |publisher= Sky and Telescope |access-date= 9 October 2017 |archive-date= 18 December 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191218225715/https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/spacex-announces-moonshot-mission-2018/ |url-status= live }}</ref> <!--Necessary or trivia?:  Had the 2018 launch target for a Moon mission been met, it would have marked the 50th anniversary of [[Apollo 8]], the first crewed Moon mission in 1968.<ref name =":2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.space.com/35850-spacex-private-moon-flight-nasa-reaction.html|title=As SpaceX Unveils Space Tourist Moon Flight, NASA Reacts|work=[[Space.com]]|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref> -->
+In February 2018, SpaceX announced it no longer had plans to certify the [[Falcon Heavy]] for human spaceflight and that lunar missions would be flown on Starship (then called ''[[SpaceX Starship#BFR|BFR]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-06-06|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=SpaceX Starship#BFR|reason=Anchor "SpaceX Starship#BFR" links to a specific web page: "Big Falcon Rocket". The anchor (BFR) [[Special:Diff/1179025558|has been deleted]].}}'').<ref name="Spacenews"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Pasztor|first1=Andy|title=Elon Musk Says SpaceX's New Falcon Heavy Rocket Unlikely to Carry Astronauts|newspaper=WSJ |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-says-spacexs-new-falcon-heavy-rocket-unlikely-to-carry-astronauts-1517876582?mod=rss_Technology|publisher=Wall Street Journal|access-date=6 February 2018|archive-date=6 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206172108/https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-says-spacexs-new-falcon-heavy-rocket-unlikely-to-carry-astronauts-1517876582?mod=rss_Technology|url-status=live}}</ref> Starship is expected to have a pressurized volume of {{cvt|1000|m3|ft3}}, large common areas, central storage, a galley, and a [[solar storm]] shelter.<ref name="68IAC-trans">{{cite web | url=http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/making_life_multiplanetary_transcript_2017.pdf | title=Making Life Multiplanetary: Abridged transcript of Elon Musk's presentation to the 68th International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia | publisher=SpaceX | date=September 2017 | access-date=2018-06-08 | archive-date=2018-08-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808022709/http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/making_life_multiplanetary_transcript_2017.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> Then, on 14 September 2018, SpaceX announced that the previously contracted passenger would be launched aboard Starship to fly by the Moon in 2023.<ref name="teslarati_moonflight">{{cite news |author=Eric Ralph |title=SpaceX has signed a private passenger for the first BFR launch around the Moon |url=https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-private-passenger-bfr-moon-mission/ |access-date=14 September 2018 |date=14 September 2018 |archive-date=14 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914132048/https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-private-passenger-bfr-moon-mission/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="grush">{{cite web |last1=Grush |first1=Loren |title=SpaceX says it will send someone around the Moon on its future monster rocket |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/13/17857872/spacex-moon-trip-passenger-announcement-bfr |date=14 September 2018 |publisher=The Verge |access-date=15 September 2018 |archive-date=14 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914032806/https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/13/17857872/spacex-moon-trip-passenger-announcement-bfr |url-status=live }}</ref>
-At the time of the 2017 announcement, the [[SpaceX Dragon 2|Crew Dragon 2]] capsule was still under development and the Falcon Heavy had yet to fly. Industry analysts noted that the schedule proposed by SpaceX might be too ambitious, as the capsule was expected to need modifications to handle differences in flight profile between the proposed lunar flight and its main use for crew transfer to space stations orbiting Earth.<ref name=SciAm-2017-03-04>{{Cite news |url= https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/could-spacex-get-people-to-the-moon-in-2018/ |title= Could SpaceX Get People to the Moon in 2018? |author= Mike Wall |date= 4 March 2017 |publisher= [[Scientific American]] |access-date= 9 October 2017 |archive-date= 23 November 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181123114845/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/could-spacex-get-people-to-the-moon-in-2018/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
+The project was unilaterally cancelled by Maezawa in May 2024. Starship development had fallen significantly behind the original SpaceX aspirational date for the flight in 2023—with the lunar flight likely delayed to the 2030s—and Maezawa's net worth had also halved since the time when the DearMoon venture was announced in 2018.<ref name=ars20240601>{{cite news |title=Here's why a Japanese billionaire just canceled his lunar flight on Starship |url=https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/heres-why-a-japanese-billionaire-just-canceled-his-lunar-flight-on-starship/ |last=Berger|first=Eric |work=ArsTechnica |date=1 June 2024 |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref>
-In February 2018, SpaceX announced it no longer had plans to certify the Falcon Heavy for human spaceflight and that lunar missions would be flown on [[SpaceX Starship|Starship]] (then called ''BFR'').<ref name="Spacenews"/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Pasztor|first1=Andy|title=Elon Musk Says SpaceX’s New Falcon Heavy Rocket Unlikely to Carry Astronauts|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-says-spacexs-new-falcon-heavy-rocket-unlikely-to-carry-astronauts-1517876582?mod=rss_Technology|publisher=Wall Street Journal|access-date=6 February 2018|archive-date=6 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206172108/https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-says-spacexs-new-falcon-heavy-rocket-unlikely-to-carry-astronauts-1517876582?mod=rss_Technology|url-status=live}}</ref> Then, on September 14, 2018, SpaceX announced that the previously contracted passenger would be launched aboard Starship to flyby the Moon in 2023.<ref name="teslarati_moonflight">{{cite news |author=Eric Ralph |title=SpaceX has signed a private passenger for the first BFR launch around the Moon |url=https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-private-passenger-bfr-moon-mission/ |access-date=14 September 2018 |date=14 September 2018 |archive-date=14 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914132048/https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-private-passenger-bfr-moon-mission/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="grush">{{cite web |last1=Grush |first1=Loren |title=SpaceX says it will send someone around the Moon on its future monster rocket |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/13/17857872/spacex-moon-trip-passenger-announcement-bfr |date=14 September 2018 |publisher=The Verge |access-date=15 September 2018 |archive-date=14 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914032806/https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/13/17857872/spacex-moon-trip-passenger-announcement-bfr |url-status=live }}</ref> Starship will have a pressurized volume of {{cvt|1000|m3|ft3}}, large common areas, central storage, a galley, and a solar storm shelter.<ref name="68IAC-trans">{{cite web | url=http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/making_life_multiplanetary_transcript_2017.pdf | title=Making Life Multiplanetary: Abridged transcript of Elon Musk's presentation to the 68th International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia | publisher=SpaceX | date=September 2017 | access-date=2018-06-08 | archive-date=2018-08-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808022709/http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/making_life_multiplanetary_transcript_2017.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref>
 == Crew ==
-The project was announced in 2018 with the original intent to bring a crew of artists to the moon. In this latest release, Maezawa calls for applicants to make up a crew of eight individuals from around the world for the week-long lunar trip.
+The project was announced in 2018 with the original intent to bring a crew of artists to the Moon. In this latest release, Maezawa calls for applicants to make up a crew of eight individuals from around the world for the week-long lunar trip.
-On February 7, 2019, the ''dearMoon'' YouTube channel posted a video in which Maezawa discusses the movie [[First Man (film)|''First Man'']] with director [[Damien Chazelle]] and lead actor [[Ryan Gosling]]. In the video, Maezawa officially invites Chazelle to come with him on his ''dearMoon project'', making Chazelle the first person to be publicly invited to go. However, Chazelle answered that he had to think about it and discuss it with his wife.<ref name="Chazelle-invite">{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjoZUPVEtcQ |title="Movie "FIRST MAN" Special talk -Yusaku Maezawa × Damien Chazelle × Ryan Gosling-" |at=5:32 |date=7 February 2019 |access-date=21 February 2019}}</ref> On March 3, 2021, [[Yusaku Maezawa]] announced that eight members of the public will be selected to fly on ''dearMoon''.<ref name="03032021CNBC" /><ref name="03032021tweet">{{Cite tweet |last=Maezawa |first=Yusaku |author-link=Yusaku_Maezawa |user=yousuckMZ |number=1366872714628132864 |title=Get your FREE TICKET to the MOON!! |date=3 March 2021 |access-date=3 March 2021 |link=no |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303004215/https://twitter.com/yousuckMZ/status/1366872714628132864 |archive-date=3 March 2021}}</ref> On July 16, 2021, Yuzaku Maezawa uploaded a video that reveals 1 million people have joined, but there was still no information on who won the 8 seats.<ref>{{Citation|title=【全世界から100万人が応募】dearMoon 最終選考間近、エントリー映像公開！【1M ENTRIES WORLDWIDE】dearMoon Applicants Sneak Peek!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE5vdpFlamI|language=en|access-date=2021-07-18|archive-date=2021-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718065357/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE5vdpFlamI|url-status=live}}</ref>
+On February 7, 2019, the ''dearMoon'' YouTube channel posted a video in which Maezawa discusses the movie [[First Man (film)|''First Man'']] with director [[Damien Chazelle]] and lead actor [[Ryan Gosling]]. In the video, Maezawa officially invites Chazelle to come with him on his ''dearMoon project'', making Chazelle the first person to be publicly invited to go. However, Chazelle answered that he had to think about it and discuss it with his wife.<ref name="Chazelle-invite">{{cite AV media |date=7 February 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjoZUPVEtcQ |title=Movie "FIRST MAN" Special talk -Yusaku Maezawa × Damien Chazelle × Ryan Gosling- |publisher=[[dearMoon]] |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208223816/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjoZUPVEtcQ |archive-date=8 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> On March 3, 2021, [[Yusaku Maezawa]] announced that eight members of the public will be selected to fly on ''dearMoon''.<ref name="03032021CNBC">{{cite web |last1=Sheetz |first1=Michael |title=Japanese billionaire to fly eight members of the public on SpaceX moon flight |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/02/yusaku-maezawa-opens-up-public-seats-on-spacex-starship-moon-flight.html |website=CNBC |access-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303135147/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/02/yusaku-maezawa-opens-up-public-seats-on-spacex-starship-moon-flight.html |archive-date=3 March 2021 |language=en |date=2 March 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="03032021tweet">{{Cite tweet |last=Maezawa |first=Yusaku |author-link=Yusaku_Maezawa |user=yousuckMZ |number=1366872714628132864 |title=Get your FREE TICKET to the MOON!! |date=3 March 2021 |access-date=3 March 2021 |link=no |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303004215/https://twitter.com/yousuckMZ/status/1366872714628132864 |archive-date=3 March 2021}}</ref> On July 16, 2021, Yuzaku Maezawa uploaded a video that reveals 1 million people have joined, but there was still no information on who won the 8 seats.<ref>{{cite AV media |date=16 July 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE5vdpFlamI |title=【全世界から100万人が応募】dearMoon 最終選考間近、エントリー映像公開！【1M ENTRIES WORLDWIDE】dearMoon Applicants Sneak Peek! |publisher=Yusaku Maezawa【MZ】 |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107212743/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE5vdpFlamI |archive-date=7 November 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+On December 8, 2022, the crew of the mission was announced, along with two backup crew members.<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Sheetz |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Sheetz |user=thesheetztweetz |number=1600954401602125824 |date=8 December 2022 |title=Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa announced the dearMoon crew: DJ & producer Steve Aoki Youtube creator Tim Dodd Artist Yemi A.D. Photographer Karim Iliya Photographer Rhiannon Adam Filmmaker Brendan Hall Actor Dev Joshi Musician T.O.P. https://t.co/8QRphzGKef |language=en |access-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209210551/https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1600954401602125824 |archive-date=9 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |date=8 December 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-XXSdcsBLU |title=dearMoon Crew Announcement! {{!}} 月周回プロジェクトdearMoon クルー発表 |publisher=Yusaku Maezawa【MZ】 |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210101359/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-XXSdcsBLU |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
-Maezawa didn't specify what qualifications are necessary to be selected for the mission, however, the ''dearMoon'' project requires candidates to go through screenings and interviews.<ref>{{Cite web|title=dearMoon 8 crew members wanted!|url=https://dearmoon.earth/|access-date=2021-10-17|website=dearMoon 8 crew members wanted!|language=en}}</ref>
+;Primary crew
+{{Spaceflight crew
+| terminology = Astronaut
+| position1      = Spacecraft commander
+| crew1_up    = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Yusaku Maezawa]]
+| flights1_up = Would have been second
+| position2      = Pilot
+| crew2_up    = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Aoki]]
+| flights2_up = Would have been first
+| position3      = YouTuber
+| crew3_up    = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tim Dodd]]
+| flights3_up = Would have been first
+| position4      = Multidisciplinary Creative
+| crew4_up    = {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Yemi A.D.]]
+| flights4_up = Would have been first
+| position5      = Photographic Artist
+| crew5_up    = {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Rhiannon Adam]]
+| flights6_up = Would have been first
+| position6      = Photographer
+| crew6_up    = {{flagicon|GBR}} Karim Iliya
+| flights5_up = Would have been first
+| position7      = Filmmaker
+| crew7_up    = {{flagicon|USA}} Brendan Hall
+| flights7_up = Would have been first
+| position8      = Actor
+| crew8_up    = {{flagicon|India}} [[Dev Joshi]]
+| flights8_up = Would have been first
+| position9      = Singer
+| crew9_up    = {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[T.O.P|Choi Seung-hyun]]
+| flights9_up = Would have been first
+}}
+;Backup crew
+{{Spaceflight crew
+| terminology = Astronaut
+| position1      = Mission Specialist
+|crew1_up={{flagicon|United States}} [[Kaitlyn Farrington]]
+|flights1_up=Would have been first
+| position2      = Mission Specialist
+|crew2_up={{flagicon|Japan}} Miyu
+|flights2_up=Would have been first
+}}
 ==Objective==
+The ''dearMoon project'' passengers would have been [[Yusaku Maezawa]] and eight accomplished artists that Maezawa had invited to travel with him for free.<ref>{{cite tweet |author=前澤友作@MZDAO |user=yousuck2020 |number=1042331987841703936 |date=19 September 2018 |title=After a press conference, we talked a lot at Elon's home. He said that it would be reliable if 1-2 astronauts will be on board. #dearMoon ＠elonmusk |language=en |access-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930072251/https://twitter.com/yousuck2020/status/1042331987841703936 |archive-date=30 September 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name='Malik slides'/>  Maezawa expected this flight to inspire the artists in their creation of new art, which will be presented some time after their return to Earth. He had hoped this project will help promote peace around the world.<ref name='Sep 2018 presentation'>{{cite AV media |date=18 September 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu7WJD8vpAQ |title=First Private Passenger on Lunar Starship Mission |publisher=[[SpaceX]] |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=13 December 2022}}</ref><ref name='DearMoon'>[https://dearmoon.earth/ Dear Moon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112172933/https://dearmoon.earth/ |date=2020-01-12 }}. Accessed: 17 September 2018.</ref><ref name='Malik slides'/>
-[[File:A performance inside Starship.jpg|thumb|An artistic depiction of a violinist performing in zero gravity inside the Starship.]]
-The ''dearMoon project'' passengers will be [[Yusaku Maezawa]] and six to eight accomplished artists that Maezawa will invite to travel with him for free. One or two astronauts and an undetermined number of SpaceX pilots might also fly on board.<ref>Maezawa on Twitter: [https://twitter.com/yousuck2020/status/1042331987841703936 After a press conference, we talked a lot at Elon's home. He said that it would be reliable if 1-2 astronauts will be on board.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927163558/https://twitter.com/yousuck2020/status/1042331987841703936 |date=2018-09-27 }}</ref><ref name='Malik slides'/>  Maezawa expects this flight to inspire the artists in their creation of new art, which will be presented some time after their return to Earth. He hopes this project will help promote peace around the world.<ref name='Sep 2018 presentation'>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu7WJD8vpAQ First Private Passenger on Lunar BFR Mission] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211143203/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu7WJD8vpAQ |date=2020-02-11 }}. Press conference streamed live at YouTube by SpaceX. 17 September 2018.</ref><ref name='DearMoon'>[https://dearmoon.earth/ Dear Moon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112172933/https://dearmoon.earth/ |date=2020-01-12 }}. Accessed: 17 September 2018.</ref><ref name='Malik slides'/>
+== Mission profile ==
-Artists invited (not accepted yet) by Maezawa to date:
+Initially proposed to launch in 2023, the [[Circumlunar trajectory|circumlunar]] mission was expected to have taken 6 days to complete,<ref name="Sep 2018 presentation" /> following a free-return trajectory similar to that of [[Apollo 13]]. NASA is expected to launch [[Artemis 2]] on a similar trajectory in September 2025, with a crew of four.<ref name="sn-20240109">{{cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=https://spacenews.com/nasa-delays-artemis-2-and-3-missions/ |title=NASA delays Artemis 2 and 3 missions |work=[[SpaceNews]] |date=9 January 2024 |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>
+== Cancellation ==
-* [[Damien Chazelle]]. Film director.<ref name="Damien"/>
+The mission was cancelled on 1 June 2024, due to Starship's developmental delays.<ref name=ars20240601/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.space.com/japanese-billionaire-cancels-spacex-starship-moon-dearmoon-flight | title=Japanese billionaire cancels private flight around the moon on SpaceX's giant Starship | website=[[Space.com]] }}</ref>
+The cancellation was announced on the project website<ref>{{Cite web |title=dearMoon Project |url=https://dearmoon.earth/ |access-date=June 1, 2024}}</ref> and on X.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=x.com |url=https://x.com/dearmoonproject/status/1796759847817625933 |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=X (formerly Twitter)}}</ref> The cancellation notice<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 1, 2024 |title=Notice of Project Cancellation |url=https://dearmoon.earth/pdf/dearMoon_EN_240601.pdf?0531 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |website=dearMoon Project}}</ref> stated "Arrangements were being made with SpaceX to target the launch by the end of 2023. Unfortunately, however, launch within 2023 became unfeasible, and without clear schedule certainty in the near-term, it is with a heavy heart that Maezawa made the unavoidable decision to cancel the project".
-== Mission profile ==
-Proposed to launch in 2023, the circumlunar mission is expected to take 6 days to complete.<ref name="Sep 2018 presentation" /> In 1970, [[Apollo 13]] followed a similar trajectory around the Moon. During the 2020s NASA's [[Artemis 1]] and [[Artemis 2]] are proposed to launch on similar trajectories; the second one is planned to be crewed and to be launched in 2024.<ref name="NasaArtemisPress">[https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-outlines-challenges-progress-for-artemis-moon-missions NASA Outlines Challenges, Progress for Artemis Moon Missions]</ref>
 == See also ==
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 * [[List of missions to the Moon]]
 * [[Polaris program]]
+* [[Timeline of private spaceflight]]
 * [[Tourism on the Moon]]
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 {{Falcon rocket launches}}
 {{SpaceX}}
-{{Future spaceflights}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:dearMoon project}}
 [[Category:SpaceX human spaceflights]]
+[[Category:Cancelled space missions]]
 [[Category:Crewed missions to the Moon]]
-[[Category:Missions to the Moon]]
+[[Category:Tourism on the Moon]]
-[[Category:Tourism on Moon]]
 [[Category:Lunar flybys]]
 [[Category:Space tourism]]
-[[Category:2023 in spaceflight]]
+[[Category:SpaceX Starship]]
-[[Category:Future human spaceflights]]
+[[Category:Private space missions]]

v t e Space tourist missions
Including orbital and supraorbital spaceflights
Past missions Flown tourists	Soviet Space Agency/TBS mission (1990: TM-11/TM-10 to Mir) Toyohiro Akiyama Soviet Space Agency/Project Juno (1991: TM-12/TM-11 to Mir) Helen Sharman MirCorp ISS EP-1 (2001: TM-32/TM-31 to ISS) Dennis Tito Space Adventures ISS EP-3 (2002: TM-34/TM-33 to ISS) Mark Shuttleworth Space Adventures Expedition 11/12 (2005: TMA-7/TMA-6 to ISS) Gregory Olsen Space Adventures Expedition 13/14 (2006: TMA-9/TMA-8 to ISS) Anousheh Ansari Space Adventures Expedition 14/15 (2007: TMA-10/TMA-9 to ISS) Charles Simonyi Space Adventures Expedition 17/18 (2008: TMA-13/TMA-12 to ISS) Richard Garriott Space Adventures Expedition 18/19 (2009: TMA-14/TMA-13 to ISS) Charles Simonyi Space Adventures Expedition 19/20/21 (2009: TMA-16/TMA-14 to ISS) Guy Laliberté SpaceX/Shift4 Inspiration4 (2021) Jared Isaacman Sian Proctor Hayley Arceneaux Christopher Sembroski Space Adventures (2021: MS-20 to ISS) Yusaku Maezawa Yozo Hirano Axiom Space/SpaceX (2022: Ax-1 to ISS) Larry Connor Mark Pathy Eytan Stibbe Axiom Space/SpaceX (2023: Ax-2 to ISS) John Shoffner
Scheduled	Polaris Program/SpaceX Polaris Dawn (2024) Jared Isaacman Scott Poteet Sarah Gillis Anna Menon
Projected	Axiom Space/SpaceX untitled movie (2024+) Tom Cruise Doug Liman
Cancelled missions / tourists	MirCorp missions to Mir (2000; Mir shut-down, then de-orbitted) Richard Garriott (2001: replaced by Dennis Tito) Lance Bass (2002: Space Adventures ISS EP-4 – TMA-1/TM-34) Daisuke Enomoto (2006: replaced by Anousheh Ansari) Inspiration Mars (2018, 2021; defunct by 2015) Space Adventures/SpaceX mission 1 (2022; contract expired) SpaceX dearMoon (2024)
Lists	List of billionaire spacetravellers
Space tourists Space tourism