SpaceX signs first private passenger to fly around the moon

(Reuters) – Elon Musk’s space transportation company SpaceX said it has signed the world’s first private passenger to fly around the moon aboard its BFR launch vehicle.

The top of a replica Crew Dragon spacecraft is show at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, U.S. August 13, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

“Find out who’s flying and why on Monday, September 17,” SpaceX said in a tweet on Thursday.

Reporting by Rama Venkat Raman in Bengaluru

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source: reuters.com

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