Rhiannon Adam beat hundreds of thousands of applicants to become part of the dearMoon project, a lunar mission, and art project conceived and financed by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa.
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A 37-year-old woman
originally from Cork, has been chosen to be one of nine astronauts to travel
around the moon as part of an upcoming private spaceflight project.
By , in Europe · 13 Dec 2022, 13:01 · 0 Comments
Rhiannon Adam beat hundreds of thousands of applicants to become part of the dearMoon project, a lunar mission, and art project conceived and financed by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa.
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