LOS ANGELES — When the first astronauts traveled to the moon, they were experienced military fliers riding NASA rockets and capsules, backed by the U.S. government. Forty-five years after the last Apollo moon mission, in what would be a first, SpaceX plans to fly two private citizens around the moon atop one of the company’s own rockets.
Spacex Plans To Fly 2 Paying Customers Around The Moon By The End Of 2018
Samantha Masunaga and Russ Mitchell - Los Angeles Times, Portland Press Herald
Tue, 02/28/2017 - 3:47am
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