Spacex Capsule To Return From Orbit, Capping Off First Tourism Mission

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Sat, 09/18/2021 - 11:59am

Four people are set to return from a three-day extraterrestrial excursion aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on Saturday evening, the final, and perhaps most dangerous, stretch of their mission. Their return will mark the end of the first-ever flight to Earth's orbit flown entirely by tourists or otherwise non-astronauts.

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