Four people are set to return from a three-day extraterrestrialexcursion aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on this evening, the final, and perhaps most dangerous, stretch of their mission. Their return will mark the end of the first-ever flight to Earth's orbit flown entirely by tourists or otherwise non-astronauts.

The passengers include 38-year-old billionaire
-Jared Isaacman, who personally financed and arranged the trip with SpaceX and its CEO, Elon Musk;
-Hayley Arceneaux, 29, a childhood cancer survivor and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital physician assistant;
-Sian Procotor, 51, a geologist and community college teacher with a PhD; and
-Chris Sembroski, a 42-year-old Lockheed Martin employee and lifelong space fan who claimed his seat through an online raffle.

Isaacman has billed the mission as a St. Jude fundraiser, and it has so far has netted $154 million of its $200 million goal.

 

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