Japanese billionaire; Yusaku Maezawa is announced to be the first private passenger to fly around the moon!

He is the founder and CEO of one of the largest online fashion retailer in Japan.

Maezawa is the 18th richest man in Japan!

The Moon is about 385,000 km away from Earth and the last time an astronaut travelled there was in 1972.

Mezawa and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced it during a webcast last night (Sep 17)

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