LOS ANGELES — The Latest on SpaceX’s announcement of the first private moon flight passenger (all times local):6:50 p.m.Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa says he will invite six to eight artists, architects, designers and other creative people on a weeklong journey to circumnavigate the moon. Maezawa said Monday that the SpaceX BFR rocket will make the trip in 2023. ——6:40 p.m.SpaceX says Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will be first private passenger on a solo rocket trip around the moon. SpaceX founder Elon Musk says Maezawa will fly to the moon aboard a new rocket called the BFR, which is still in development. ——8 a.m.SpaceX is on the verge of announcing the name of person who would be the first private passenger on a trip around the moon.

Source: National Post September 18, 2018 01:52 UTC