SpaceX Announces Chun Wang as Commander for Starship's First Interstellar Mission

SpaceX has announced that Chun Wang, co-founder of F2Pool, will serve as the commander for the Starship's inaugural interstellar manned mission. According to Odaily, this mission is planned to last two years, involving deep space travel beyond the Earth-Moon system, passing Mars, and returning to Earth. Prior to this, Chun Wang will join Dennis Tito and Akiko Tito on Starship's first commercial lunar flyby mission. This mission is expected to last a week, with the spacecraft passing approximately 200 kilometers from the lunar surface. SpaceX stated that since May 2020, the Dragon spacecraft has completed 20 missions, sending 78 astronauts from 20 countries into space. In the future, Starship aims to expand commercial manned spaceflight to the Moon and Mars.