Indian television actor Dev Joshi, who shot to overnight fame after playing the lead role in a TV show called Baal Veer, on Friday announced that he will be joining the “dearMoon CREW” and taking a week-long trip around the moon in a SpaceX rocket in 2023.
Joshi is among the eight people who will travel around the moon's orbit on the spacecraft Starship developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX for six days before returning to Earth.
The ‘dearMoon’ project was first announced in 2017 and is the first civilian mission to the Moon. As per the project website, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who purchased all the seats aboard the rocket in 2018, on Friday revealed the name of the eight people who will be joining him for the all-private lunar endeavour.
Taking to Instagram, Joshi said that he is proud to be part of such an extraordinary, unbelievable, once-in-a-lifetime project.
He wrote, “Here's the surprise! Proud to be part of such a wonderful team for the ‘dearMoon’ project. I can't express my happiness when I am sharing this wonderful news with you, but I can say that this is going to be huge! Dear Moon is what we have been working hard for the past 18 months and finally, I am sharing this with you all.”
He further added, "Life gives you an opportunity, you just need to work hard and stay focused to concentrate on the things, which matter in your life... I am proud to represent my country in the field of Space and Art together! We all are artistes and we are going to the Moon… Thank you so much for all of your love and support,” he added.
K-pop star T.O.P, American DJ Steve Aoki, American YouTuber Tim Dodd, Czech choreographer Yemi A.D., Irish photographer Rhiannon Adam, British photographer Karim Iliya, American filmmaker Brendan Hall will also join him in the first civilian moon mission led by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa.
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