The first all-civilian mission to orbit is expected to launch this evening via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Jared Isaacman, founder and CEO of the payments processing company Shift4 Payments (FOUR), paid for the mission, called Inspiration4. Four people, none of whom are professional astronauts, will spend three days orbiting Earth on the Dragon spacecraft developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Besides going on the trip of a lifetime, the crew will have time to conduct experiments related to human… Source link
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By Julio-Cesar Chavez and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – The latest in a recent line of space-obsessed billionaires was set for liftoff on Wednesday with three less wealthy private citizens along for the ride aboard a SpaceX rocket ship, seeking to become the first all-civilian crew launched into Earth orbit. The quartet of amateur space travelers, led by the American founder and chief executive of e-commerce firm Shift4 Payments Inc, Jared Isaacman, were due for blastoff as… Source link
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