Coverage dated February 13, 2022

Billionaire Astronaut Jared Isaacman Buys More Private SpaceX Flights, Including One on Starship

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Isaacman, the founder of payments company Shift4, purchased as many as three more flights from Elon Musk’s SpaceX for what is known as the Polaris Program.

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  1. NBC Chicago

    Billionaire Astronaut Jared Isaacman Buys More Private SpaceX Flights, Including One on Starship (opens NBC Chicago)

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    Isaacman, the founder of payments company Shift4, purchased as many as three more flights from Elon Musk’s SpaceX for what is known as the Polaris Program.

  2. FOX Business

    Billionaire Jared Isaacman buys three SpaceX flights, including first crewed Starship mission (opens FOX Business)

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    Similar to Inspiration4, the Polaris Program will raise money and awareness for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. Inspiration4 raised over $240 million, according to its website.

  3. Phys

    US billionaire charters three more ambitious SpaceX flights (opens Phys)

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    Billionaire Jared Isaacman, who chartered the first all-civilian orbital spaceflight, announced Monday three more private missions with SpaceX—which will include spacewalking and culminate in the first crewed flight of the next-generation Starship rocket.

  4. Local News 8

    SpaceX sells three more flights to billionaire Jared Isaacman (opens Local News 8)

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    By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Jared Isaacman — the billionaire CEO of payments processing company Shift 4 — is buying three more flights with SpaceX, the first of which is scheduled for this year and could put Isaacman and SpaceX on track to travel deeper into space than any human has traveled in …

  5. Insider

    A billionaire astronaut bought up to three SpaceX flights and hopes to begin a new mission later this year (opens Insider)

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    Jared Isaacman announced on Monday that he plans to fly to outer space with SpaceX again, after participating in Inspiration4 last year.

  6. France 24

    US billionaire announces three more ambitious SpaceX flights (opens France 24)

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    US billionaire Jared Isaacman, who chartered the first all-civilian orbital spaceflight, announced Monday three more private missions with SpaceX -- which will include spacewalking and culminate in t…

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