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Jared Isaacman sitting inside a Crew Dragon spacecraft. He purchased a Crew Dragon flight for an all-civilian mission called Inspiration4 flying as soon as the fourth quarter of 2021. Credit: Inspiration4

WASHINGTON — An entrepreneur has purchased a SpaceX Crew Dragon mission slated for launch late this year that will include three other people as part of a project that is a mix of charity and commerce.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...