The Indian actor who will go on a trip around the moon on SpaceX Starship

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has picked eight people who will join him for a trip around the moon on a private SpaceX flight as early as next year. The crew includes artists, entertainers, athletes and musicians, with American DJ Steve Aoki and Korean rapper TOP being among the most high-profile picks. Maezawa had announced the mission, dubbed “dearMoon” in 2018. He initially wanted to take a group of artists with him on a fly-by around the moon, but last year, he announced that people from all walks of life would be welcome to apply.

The fashion mogul said he wanted to include “people from all kinds of backgrounds.” The crew for the SpaceX moon trip, announced Thursday, includes space YouTuber Tim Dodd, Irish photographer Rhiannon Adam, American documentary filmmaker Brendan Hall, UK photographer Karim Iliya, Czech dancer Yemi AD.

India will be represented on the SpaceX moon trip by television actor Dev Joshi
Dev Joshi is best known for portraying the role of Baal Veer in Sony Sab's Baal Veer and Baalveer Returns.

The 22-year-old actor belongs to Gujarat. He started acting at the age of 3 and has appeared in several ad films and television shows, along with a couple of feature films and music videos as well.

On being picked to be part of the dearMoon mission, Joshi said: “Always be positive and be passionate, because miracles happen, and they happen anytime, which came in the form of dearMoon for me!”