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SpaceX Launches 4 In First-Ever Flight Around Earth

Dais Newsfeed | 16/09/2021 08:40 AM | Click to read full article

SpaceX’s first private flight blasted off Wednesday night with two contest winners, a health care worker and their rich sponsor, the most ambitious leap yet in space tourism. It was the first time a rocket streaked toward orbit with an all-amateur crew — no professional astronauts.

Leading the flight is Jared Isaacman, 38, who made his fortune with a payment-processing company he started in his teens.

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