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SpaceX’s Dragon spaceship given domed window for Inspiration4 all-civilian mission

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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship will be equipped with a domed window for the world’s first all-civilian mission to space later this year, Inspiration4.  The company posted an artist’s impression of the specially modified Crew Dragon on Twitter with the caption: ‘A new view for crew.’ Crew Dragon’s additional window at the ‘nose’ of the space capsule … Read more

Billionaire buys SpaceX flight to take three people into orbit for the first all-civilian crew

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A US billionaire who made a fortune in tech and fighter jets is buying an entire SpaceX flight and plans to take three people with him to circle the globe this year. Jared Isaacman is the founder of Shift4 Payments, a credit processing firm, is launching the Inspiration4 mission with the hopes of raising 200 … Read more