SpaceX Announces All-Civilian Space Mission for Q4
In 2008, SpaceX made history when it became the first private company -- i.e., not a national government -- to build and launch its own orbital-class rocket into space. Thirteen years later, SpaceX will make history again this year, when it launches its Inspiration4 mission.
As announced in a teleconference with the media Monday afternoon, SpaceX has contracted with Shift4 Payments (NYSE: FOUR) CEO Jared Isaacman to run a space tourism / philanthropic mission in Q4, carrying an all-civilian crew. Isaacman himself, an accomplished airplane pilot and co-founder of "the world's largest private air force, Draken International," will captain Inspiration's Crew Dragon spacecraft. Also aboard will be two passengers chosen by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and a fourth passenger yet to be named.
Image source: Inspiration4 mission website.
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