SpaceX signs first private passenger to fly around the moon

[September 15, 2018]    (Reuters) - Elon Musk's space transportation company SpaceX said it has signed the world's first private passenger to fly around the moon aboard its BFR launch vehicle.

The top of a replica Crew Dragon spacecraft is show at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, U.S. August 13, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

"Find out who's flying and why on Monday, September 17," SpaceX said in a tweet on Thursday.

(Reporting by Rama Venkat Raman in Bengaluru)

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