WASHINGTON, United States – SpaceX will not send tourists around the Moon this year as previously announced, and will delay the project until the middle of next year, US media reported on Monday. At the time, Musk said on Twitter the moon tourist mission was slated to happen “late next year,” referring to 2018. The United States has not sent astronauts to the Moon since NASA’s Apollo missions of the 1960s and ’70s. SpaceX has told NASA it is targeting the first astronaut test flight no earlier than December 2018. “Once operational Crew Dragon missions are underway for NASA, SpaceX will launch the private mission on a journey to circumnavigate the Moon and return to Earth,” SpaceX said in a statement.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 04, 2018 22:18 UTC