Four space tourists successfully returned to Earth this Saturday after a groundbreaking trip to space: The SpaceX capsule splashed in the Atlantic,
off the coast of Florida
shortly before dark
, not far from where the flight began three ago. days.
The inexperienced crew was the first to reach space without a professional astronaut.
The billionaire who paid an undisclosed amount in the millions for the trip and his three guests wanted to show that they could get to orbit of space on their own, so
SpaceX founder Elon Musk took them in as the first space tourists of the company.
The reusable Falcon 9 rocket lifted off last Wednesday shortly after 8:00 pm (ET) from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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