Privately funded five-day mission by four astronauts led by US billionaire launches on SpaceX rocket from Florida
Four astronauts have blasted out of the atmosphere as part of a privately funded five-day mission that aims to carry out the first ever commercial spacewalk.
The American billionaire founder of the electronic payment company Shift4, Jared Isaacman, is bankrolling the Polaris Dawn mission and acting as commander of the crew.
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