Cork woman chosen for first civilian trip around the moon

If early test flights of the projectMoon craft are successful, Rhiannon Adam and the rest of the space explorers could be the first group of private citizens to venture beyond low-Earth orbit

Cork-born Rhiannon Adam, 37 was announced as one of nine astronauts of the dearMoon project. Picture: projectMoon

An Irish photographic artist has been selected to travel around the moon as part of an upcoming private spaceflight project.

Cork-born Rhiannon Adam, 37, who lives and works between London and the US, was announced as one of nine astronauts of the dearMoon project, beating hundreds of thousands of applicants from 249 countries.