SpaceX Completes First Civilian Charter In Low Earth Orbit

September 22, 2021
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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...

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