Reuters reported that SpaceX's rocket is set to take offShaolinfrom Florida to make history as the first flight into orbit around Earth with a total of four passengers.

SpaceX's spacecraft will depart from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. in Florida at 8 p.m. Wednesday local time in Florida They were accompanied by 38-year-old American billionaire Jared Isaacman, founder of Shift4 Payment, and Hayley Arceneaux, a 29-year-old American woman who beat cancer. bone He works for St. Jude Children's Hospital, a foundation that was awarded one of four seats on the ship from Isaacman.

The other two are Chris Sembrowski, a former US Air Force soldier. and Xi'an Proctor, a 51-year-old science professor who missed out on being a NASA astronaut more than a decade ago.


SpaceX's senior director of passenger flights, Benji Reed, told reporters on Tuesday after testing the rocket's engine: "Everything looks good," and the weather doesn't seem to be an issue for the scheduled launch of the rocket.


This flight without a professional pilot It is expected to float in orbit around the Earth for three days before returning to Earth by landing in the Atlantic Ocean.



The mission is called "Inspiration4" is led by billionaire Isaacman. who paid a certain amount to Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX. In order for him and his other 3 companions to travel with space X's spacecraft. Isaacman said the trip was to support St. Jude Children's Hospital in Tennessee, with Time magazine estimating the cost for the four seats could be around $200 million.

Inspiration4 is the latest project by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. It is competing in space tourism with billionaires, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson of the Virgin Galactic Company, who have all launched their rockets. It was only a few hours in space a few months ago.