SpaceX Mission to Include First Spacewalk for Private Citizens — VOA Learning English
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A private space mission will seek to launch non-astronauts to a high orbit and include the first private spacewalks in history.
The American space company SpaceX's flight is cleared to launch from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center beginning September 7. The American space agency NASA operates the center. The exact launch date will depend on weather conditions.
American businessman Jared Isaacman organized and paid for the mission, called Polaris Dawn. He and three people will crew the mission. Isaacman is the head of payment processing company Shift4Payments. He has an estimated personal worth of $2 billion. But he has not said publicly how much he paid SpaceX for the Polaris Dawn mission.
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