Space tourists to visit the Moon
It's been 45 years since humans visited the Moon; next year a private company is offering to take space tourists on a trip round Earth's satellite.
Language challenge
Which expression means 'not very often'?
a) Once in a full moon.
b) Once in a blue moon.
c) Once in a red moon.
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The story
Humans last travelled into deep space 45 years ago when Apollo 17 became the last manned trip to the Moon back in 1972.
This announcement by SpaceX of a manned trip to circumnavigate the Moon next year caught most observers off guard.
It's an incredibly ambitious timetable because at this point the company hasn't even launched a human being into space.
Key words and phrases
mission
flight into space
venture
new activity that involves risk, often related to business
manned
controlled by people
To do
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