SpaceX Loses Customer For Starship Lunar Flyby Charter

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A high-profile, privately financed sortie around the Moon aboard a SpaceX Starship spacecraft has been canceled due to delays in the vehicle’s development, the project backer said June 1. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who created and financed the “dearMoon” mission for himself and eight...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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