SpaceX to send 2 people on a moon trip in 2018

Elon Musk made an announcement today that SpaceX will be sending two people on a moon trip next year. And looks like, the agency has already decided who are those two lucky people. SpaceX also said that the two people paid a significant amount for this, though it refused to disclose the amount. The identities of the travelers also remains undisclosed. The space giant will start training the two later this year.

Elon said that Dragon 2 capsule will carry the passengers to the moon. The capsule is said to be powered by SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket that is still under development. Before the moon trip, the agency will perform 4 missions on International Space Station. Three will transport cargo and the fourth one will carry the crew.

However, the passengers will not make a landing on moon, the rocket will circle the moon and come back to Earth. But whatever, this is going to be the furthest humans have gone into space in the last decade!

(Reporting by Zainab Asif; Editing by Mohith Agadi)