Three very wealthy businessmen just left on the most expensive vacation of their lives -- a trip to the International Space Station!
“Commercial human spaceflight. Space Tourism. Whatever you call it — it’s happening. And soon,” the company wrote on its website.
On Friday, SpaceX launched its first-ever private charter spaceflight, including the three 'space tourists': an American, a Canadian, and an Israeli, along with an astronaut to escort them.
The tourists will spend 10 days in space at a price tag of $55 million each. However, they won't be allowed in the Russian section of the ISS...