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Would you like to upgrade your seat to a rocket launch view?

Forget business class. I want the seat a lucky Threads user got on a Southwest flight on Wednesday, with a front-row view of NASA’s Artemis II rocket taking off from the Kennedy Space Center on its journey toward the Moon.

Correction: This post misstated the day of the launch.

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