DearMoon project
Artistic rendition of Starship firing its engines during its lunar flyby | |
| Mission type | Crewed lunar flyby (cancelled) |
|---|---|
| Operator | SpaceX |
| Website | dearmoon |
| 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 |
dearMoon project insignia | |
The dearMoon project was a proposed lunar tourism mission 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".
The project was unveiled in September 2018 and initially scheduled to launch in 2023. Due to delays in the development of Starship, it was delayed, then cancelled entirely in June 2024.