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SpaceX Launches Its First All-Civilian Flight Into Earth's Orbit

SpaceX Launches Its First All-Civilian Flight Into Earth's Orbit

The crew will travel further into space than Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos's flight and even past the International Space Station.

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie

SpaceX has launched its first ever all-civilian flight into Earth's orbit.

The Inspiration4 rocket successfully took off at 8:02 pm local time at the Kennedy Space Center.

The crew onboard will travel the farthest any civilian has traveled from Earth and will reach a maximum distance of 360 miles above the Earth.

That's more than 120 miles higher than the the International Space Station, which orbits at 240 miles.

This trumps the recent efforts from Virgin's Richard Branson and Amazon's Jeff Bezos.

Featured Image Credit: PA

Topics: News, SpaceX