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Briefing
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- Private Moon Mission – SpaceX plans to send two people on one-week trip around moon in late 2018, traveling 300,000 to 400,000 miles in space
- Flight Preparations – Passengers, including flight crew, will be trained and take health and fitness tests by late 2017
- First Lunar Mission in Years – Would be first manned lunar mission in 45 years, since Apollo 13 in 1970, potentially surpassing its 249,000 miles flown
- Rocket and Capsule – Plans to use Falcon Heavy rocket, which SpaceX is testing in 2017, and Dragon 2 Capsule, which is set for its first manned mission to International Space Station in 2018
- FAA License Required – Needs license from U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
- Missed Deadlines – SpaceX had planned its first manned mission by 2014, set target for Mars trip by 2021 (moved to 2024 in 2016), and suffered failed landings and explosion on its Falcon 9 rocket in September 2016
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