Science teacher and data engineer win multimillion dollar tickets on space flight

Science teacher and data engineer win multimillion dollar tickets on space flight

The last two multimillion dollar spots on the three-day SpaceX flight into orbit have been filled by a science teacher and a data engineer.The SpaceX Dragon capsule is scheduled to launch in mid-September to an altitude of 335 miles - 75 miles higher than the International Space Station and on a level with the Hubble Space Telescope.

And Sian Proctor, a community college teacher in Arizona, and former Air Forceman Chris Sembroski, from Washington, will be on board.Mr Sembroski's college friend originally won the spot but gave him the prize.

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The SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule. Pic: ESA



Billionaire Jared Isaacman is sponsoring the flight, which he is calling his Inspiration4 mission.

He is head of Shift4 Payments, a credit card-processing company in Pennsylvania, and is paying for what