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September 15, 2021 04:25 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/15/22675519/how-to-watch-inspiration4-spacex-first-fully-private-crew
How to watch the Inspiration4 launch, SpaceXs first fully private mission to space
SpaceX is set to launch the first fully private crew of passengers to space on Wednesday. The Inspiration4 crew, three ordinary people and a billionaire philanthropist who’s funding the mission, will board SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule on Wednesday afternoon and lift off at 8:02PM ET atop a Falcon 9 rocket, speeding toward an orbit 360 miles above the ground — farther from Earth than the International Space Station.
If all goes according to plan, the mission will mark a new milestone in the budding commercial space industry, where companies owned by billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have been racing to normalize space travel for people other than government astronauts. The mission also aims to raise $200 million for St. Jude...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/15/22675519/how-to-watch-inspiration4-spacex-first-fully-private-crew
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