SpaceX Launches 3 Visitors to Space Station for $55 Million Each

SpaceX Launches 3 Visitors to Space Station for $55 Million Each
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule attached, lifts off with the first private crew from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on April 8, 2022. Chris O'Meara/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX launched three rich businessmen and their astronaut escort to the International Space Station on Friday for more than a week’s stay, as NASA joins Russia in hosting guests at the world’s most expensive tourist destination.

It’s SpaceX’s first private charter flight to the orbiting lab after two years of carrying astronauts there for NASA.