SpaceX to sell 4 seats on Crew Dragon to launch private astronauts into orbit

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SpaceX announced a new partnership that will send four private citizens into orbit as early as 2021 for an undisclosed price.

The mission"will provide up to four individuals with the opportunity to break the world altitude record for private citizen spaceflight and see planet Earth the way no one has since the Gemini program," Space Adventures said in a statement, referring to the 1960's NASA program.

SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk attends a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Jan. 19, 2020.This mission will also"be the first orbital space tourism experience provided entirely with American technology," the company added.

 

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