Dennis and Akiko Tito to orbit the Moon on SpaceX’s planned second commercial spaceflight around the Moon

Dennis and Akiko Tito to orbit the Moon on SpaceX’s planned second commercial spaceflight around the Moon

recently announced Dennis and Akiko Tito as the first two crewmembers on the company's 's planned second commercial spaceflight around the Moon.

This will be Dennis' second mission to space after becoming the first commercial astronaut to visit the in 2001, and Akiko will be among the first women to fly around the Moon on a Starship. The Titos joined the mission to contribute to SpaceX's long-term goal to advance human spaceflight and help make life multiplanetary.

Over the course of a week, Starship and the crew will travel to the Moon, fly within 200 km of the Moon's surface, and complete a full journey around the Moon before safely returning to Earth. This mission is expected to launch after the Program's first flight of Starship and

Source: SpaceX
Photo Credits: NASA
The Soyuz Soyuz TM-32 Taxi Flight crewmembers. Soyuz Commander Talgat Musabayev, Flight Engineer Yury Baturin — both cosmonauts representing Rosaviakosmos — and American Space Flight Participant blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:37 a.m. CDT (0737 GMT) on April 28, 2001. They docked to the station two days later on April 30, 2001, at 2:58 a.m. CDT (0758 GMT) to begin nearly eight days of docked operations with the Expedition Two crew. The crews transferred gear and equipment from the new Soyuz to the orbital outpost, as well as into the older Soyuz spacecraft in which the visiting crew would return home.

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