SpaceX is sending 3 visitors to the space station for $55 million each

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  SpaceX has sent three wealthy businessmen and their astronaut escort on a journey to the International Space Station. The American, Canadian and Israeli executives each pay $55 million.

• SPACEX VIA AP

  This photo provided by SpaceX shows the SpaceX crew seated inside the Dragon spacecraft on Friday, April 8, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. SpaceX sent three wealthy businessmen and their escort of astronauts to the International Space Station for more than a week.

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  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule attached lifts off on Friday, March 8th.

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  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule attached lifts off on Friday, March 8th.

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  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule attached lifts off on Friday, March 8th.

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  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule attached lifts off on Friday, March 8th.

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  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Friday, April 8.

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  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule attached lifts off on Friday, March 8th.

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  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Friday, April 8.

• JOEL KOWSKY/NASA VIA AP

  In this image provided by NASA, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule attached to it lifts off from Launch Complex 39A with the first private crew on Friday, May 8.

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