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SpaceX launches first all-civilian crew into orbit
SpaceX launches first all-civilian crew into orbit,A billionaire e-commerce executive and three other private citizens were blasted off from Florida aboard a SpaceX rocket ship and soared into orbit. This is the first-ever mission in which all-civilian crew will circle the Earth from space. The SpaceX officials revealed that all four amateur astronauts, led by the American founder and chief executive of financial services firm Shift4 Payments Inc, Jared Isaacman, lifted off just before sunset from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The pictures and videos released by the Elon Musk owned company, SpaceX show Isaacman, 38, and his crewmates - Sian Proctor, 51, Hayley Arceneaux, 29, and Chris Sembroski, 42 - strapped into the pressurized cabin of their gleaming white SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, dubbed Resilience, wearing their helmeted black-and-white flight suits.

SpaceX launches first all-civilian crew into orbit

A billionaire e-commerce executive and three other private citizens were blasted off from Florida aboard a SpaceX rocket ship and soared into orbit. This is the first-ever mission in which all-civilian crew will circle the Earth from space. The SpaceX officials revealed that all four amateur astronauts, led by the American founder and chief executive of financial services firm Shift4 Payments Inc, Jared Isaacman, lifted off just before sunset from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The pictures and videos released by the Elon Musk owned company, SpaceX show Isaacman, 38, and his crewmates – Sian Proctor, 51, Hayley Arceneaux, 29, and Chris Sembroski, 42 – strapped into the pressurized cabin of their gleaming white SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, dubbed Resilience, wearing their helmeted black-and-white flight suits.