Elon Musk‘s SpaceX plans to launch the world’s first all-civilian mission to orbit later this year, the aerospace firm announced on Monday. The journey will last for several days and the spacecraft will do a full orbit around the Earth every 90 minutes. This should give the passengers plenty of opportunities for sight-seeing before re-entering our atmosphere for a water landing off the coast of Florida. Tech tycoon Jared Isaacman will command the Dragon astronaut capsule and donate three other seats to members of the public. “While a historic journey awaits us in space, I hope this mission reinforces how far inspiration can take…

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