The first non-professional astronaut went into outer space.
This happened on Thursday, September 12, as part of the Polaris Dawn mission, which is being carried out by SpaceX.
The first space tourist in history to go into outer space was billionaire Jared Isaacman. SpaceX is broadcasting the event live on its YouTube channel.
Tourists went into space on the Crew Dragon ship on September 10. It is currently at an altitude of 700 km. On September 11, the spacecraft reached the mark of 1.4 thousand km above the Earth's surface.
The Polaris Dawn mission will last five days. The flight was organized by Isaacman himself, who is leading the mission.
His net worth is estimated at $1.9 billion. Isaacman founded a retail payments processing company.
He is also the co-founder of a military pilot training company that owns the largest privately owned fleet of combat aircraft.
