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Determined bidder pays $1M for trip to moon with Leonardo DiCaprio

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Some space cadet paid $1 million Thursday night to go to the moon with Leonardo DiCaprio.

The “Wolf of Wall Street” actor offered the out-of-sight adventure at the star-studded gala and auction in Cannes, France, for amFAR, the international nonprofit group that supports AIDS research.

It was not immediately revealed who won the bidding war to blast off into orbit next year with the actor — who went down with the Titanic in the 1997 movie.

Sharon Stone, chair of amFAR, served as auctioneer for the event that raised $38 million. It was the second year DiCaprio put up a space trip for the auction.

Last year, Russian real estate mogul Vasily Klyukin paid $1.5 million to explore the final frontier with DiCaprio on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceshipTwo.

Whether it’s in the stars for the far-out journey to ever happen is unclear. The Virgin Galactic private reusable space plane is still being tested.

In January, the rocket-powered spaceliner reached an altitude of 71,000 feet — far short of the 238,900 miles distance from the Earth to the moon.