SpaceX Completes First Civilian Charter In Low Earth Orbit

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Inspiration4 commander and financier Jared Isaacman, right, and Hayley Arceneaux, a pediatric cancer survivor, take in the view from 360 mi. above Earth through a domed window SpaceX developed and flew for its first private spaceflight.
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After flying astronauts three times for NASA, SpaceX entered the commercial spaceline business, becoming the first company to stage trips to low Earth orbit for paying civilians. Jared Isaacman, Sian Proctor, Hayley Arceneaux and Christopher Sembroski were not the first private citizens to reach...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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