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SpaceX partners up with established space tourism company

SpaceX has now become partners with Space Adventures, a private space tourism company that has already launched a few commercial astronauts into space. This means SpaceX will likely be able to start launching commercial flights as soon as their Crew Dragon spacecraft is ready. the spacecraft is scheduled to take two NASA astronauts into space in a few months.

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Wed Feb 19 - TechCrunch

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