Cape Canaveral, Florida – Commercial aerospace company SpaceX on Monday announced that it will send four private individuals into space to orbit the earth in what will be the first all-civilian space mission.

"This mission enables access for everyday people who dream of going to space," the company said in a statement.

The spacecraft will be commanded by Jared Isaacman, the founder and chief executive office of Shift4 Payments, a private payment processing company.

Isaacman is donating the three additional seats in the spacecraft to members of the public.

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The crew will receive commercial astronaut training and emergency preparedness training, in addition to partial and full mission simulations, SpaceX said in a press release.

After the mission, the spacecraft will reenter Earth's atmosphere for a soft water landing off the coast of Florida.

The mission is expected to take place sometime in 2021 and will last for several days.