SpaceX to send two tourists around Moon in 2018
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SpaceX to send two tourists around Moon in 2018


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| 2017/03/01 | 174 words | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | SPACE

SpaceX said Monday two private citizens have paid money to be sent around the Moon late next year, in what would mark the furthest humans have ever traveled to deep space.The United States has not sent astronauts to the Moon since NASA's Apollo missions of the 1960s and '70s."We are excited to announce that SpaceX has been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip around the moon late next year," said a statement by CEO Elon Musk."This presents an opportunity for humans to return to d...(…)

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