SpaceX launches four people to orbit in company's first-ever tourism mission

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A SpaceX rocket launch on Wednesday evening kicked off the first-ever mission to Earth's orbit crewed entirely by tourists

Cape Canaveral, Florida A SpaceX rocket soared into orbit Wednesday evening, carrying four people — none of whom are professional astronauts — and kicking off the first-ever mission to Earth's orbit crewed entirely by tourists.

The launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida was dramatically illuminated with spotlights against the night sky, and when the SpaceX rocket's nine engines fired up just after 8 pm ET it flooded the surrounding wetlands with a blaze of light as it soared into the upper atmosphere and made a dramatic, ghostly light show overhead.

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Just good ol folks having clean fun without bothering anybody. That water wasted we really don’t need. That heat release doesn’t affect anything either. 🤙🏼

Send that flat earth guy up there so they can finally shut up.

Great! Capitalism in space. What could possibly go wrong?! Interplanetary feudalism, here we come!

Bombay& Kolkata& Bangalore ❤️🇮🇳🍓 in 1950s. Notice there not a single terrible Japanese/Italian autorickshaws in 1950s in India . Soon that terrible thing will be banned in India 🎆🎆🎆🎆🇮🇳.

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Shame the rich seem to have the right to destroy the ozone layer for their own pleasure.

Next up for elonmusk SpaceX is a group of amateur puppets launched into space👍 TheMuppets NO! don't hit that button Animal🥁🚀🔥😂 NewDay Christi_Paul 📰

elonmusk once said that, 'it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extra ordinary.' The first ever mission to Earth's orbit crewed entirely by tourists is a perfect example of ordinary people SpaceX doing extra ordinary stuff. Simply historic & a first for many more.

Tourists can enjoy the beauty of earth for a short while! ClimateEmergency

Send me 25,000 for a new car

No manchen sin $$$ no voy a ningún lado ellos cobran todo y no alcanza

Our planet is on fire and is dying, but sure let's go to space

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