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SpaceX’s moon flight will take the first openly queer woman to space

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and the 8 main crew members, who Maezawa plans to take on a trip around the moon as soon as next year, as well as the 2 backup crew members, are seen in this handout image released December 9, 2022. dearMoon Project/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
The picks were announced by Maezawa on Twitter and on website for what he dubbed the #dearMoon Project (Picture: Reuters)

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa revealed the eight crew members he plans to take on a trip around the moon as soon as next year.

On Friday, Maezawa announced that K-pop star TOP and DJ Steve Aoki will be among his crew on one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets.

Maezawa bought every seat on the maiden lunar voyage, which has been in the works since 2018 and would follow his trip on a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) for a 12-day stint last year.

The picks were announced by Maezawa on Twitter and on the website for what he dubbed the #dearMoon Project.

The fashion tycoon and his crew would become the first passengers on the SpaceX flyby of the moon as commercial firms, including Jeff BezosBlue Origin, usher in a new age of space travel for wealthy clients.

Rhiannon Adam, one of the 8 main crew members who Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa plans to take on a trip around the moon as soon as next year, is seen in this handout image released December 9, 2022. dearMoon Project/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
Rhiannon Adam will be the first openly queer woman to go to space (Picture: Reuters)

Among the crew is Rhiannon Adam, 37, who was born in Cork and based in Hackney.

Adam beat more than a million rivals to clinch a place on the first civilian trip to the moon and is among eight artists and creatives picked by Japanese billionaire entrepreneur and art collector Yusaku Maezawa to be part of the journey.

Mission chiefs said Adam will be the first openly queer woman to go to space.

The trip, called dearMoon, is expected to take place next year aboard Starship, a rocket being developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

The mission aboard SpaceX’s Starship vehicle is scheduled to take eight days from launch to return to earth, including three days circling the moon, coming within 200 kilometres from the lunar surface.

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 07, 2022 Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan (FCCJ) in Tokyo. - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa announced December 8, 2022 eight crew members who will join him for a journey around the Moon planned for 2023 on a SpaceX rocket that is still under development. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa revealed the eight crew members he plans to take on a trip around the moon as soon as next year (Picture: AFP)

Though the flight was scheduled for 2023, it is facing delays due to ongoing tests of the spacecraft and its rockets.

Like fellow billionaire Musk, Maezawa has a flare for promotion and an infatuation with Twitter where he holds the Guinness world record for the most retweeted post, when he offered a cash prize of 1 million yen (£5,955) to 100 winners for retweeting it.

Maezawa used the micro-blogging site to recruit eight crew members from around the world to join him on the moon trip, saying 1 million people had applied.

TOP, the stage name of Choi Seung Hyun who broke out with the K-pop group Big Bang, is among the higher profile members selected, along with Aoki, a Japanese-American musician and DJ whose father founded the Benihana restaurant chain.

Indian actor Dev Joshi was also among the picks for the group, comprised largely of artists and photographers. US Olympic snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington and Japanese dancer Miyu were named as backup crew members.

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