Harlingen, Texas (KVEO)—SpaceX announced new plans Monday to launch a crew of only private astronauts into orbit — the world’s first such mission.
SpaceX: Starship launch scheduled for Friday canceled
SpaceX cancels Starship launch scheduled for Thursday
SpaceX announced the news via Twitter. The Elon Musk-led company is set to launch tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, chief executive of payments firm Shift4 Payments, and three others as early as the fourth quarter of this year.
The mission, named Inspiration4, is intended to increase support for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
The crew would be aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon astronaut capsule.
