SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission may sound familiar, as another billionaire-backed space launch, but it's going where neither Richard Branson nor Jeff Bezos could -- into orbit.
is just days away from sending its first all-civilian crew on a three-day mission around the Earth multiple times.
Commanding the mission is 38-year-old billionaire Jared Isaacman, an experienced pilot. He founded a payment process company called Shift4 Payments and purchased all four seats on the flight for roughly $200 million. PHOTO: The Inspiration4 crew,Chris Sembroski, Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman and Hayley Arceneaux pose for a photo, July 1, 2021. Proctor said she has dreamed of going to space since she was a child. She once applied to become a NASA astronaut and made it to the final 47 out of 3,500 applicants, but was cut from the final round. She burst into tears when she heard she was chosen as a member of the Inspiration4 mission.
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