The Crew Dragon spacecraft undergoes acoustic testing in Florida. SpaceX via AP SpaceX announced a new partnership that will send four private citizens into orbit as early as 2021 for an undisclosed price. The Elon Musk-founded private aerospace company will be working with Space Adventures, a Washington D.C.-based company that previously organized flights for the private space explorers using Russian equipment. MORE: SpaceX blows up a Falcon 9 rocket as part of crucial safety test The mission "will provide up to four individuals with the opportunity to break the world altitude record for private citizen spaceflight and see planet Earth the way no one has since the Gemini program," Space Adventures said in a statement, referring to the 1960's NASA program. SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk attends a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Jan. 19, 2020. Steve Nesius/Reuters, FILE This mission will also "be the first orbital space tourism experience provided entirely with American technology," the company added. MORE: Boeing's Starliner launch ushers in 'new era in space exploration' as private companies take flight