Inspiration4: SpaceX's all-civilian mission launches to orbit

Inspiration4 run by tech billionaire Elon Musks SpaceX has launched its first allcivilian mission to orbit on ThursdaySpaceXs charitydriven mission named Inspiration4 lifted off at 802 pm EDT Wednesday 530 am India time Thursday aboard SpaceXs Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in FloridaIt is commanded by tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and joined by Medical Officer Haley Arceneaux a physician assistant at St Jude Childrens Research Hospital and pediatric cancer survivor Mission Specialist Chris Sembroski an Air Force veteran and aerospace data engineer and Mission Pilot Dr Sian Proctor a geoscientist entrepreneur and trained pilotLiftoff of Inspiration4X Go Falcon 9 Go Dragon SpaceX shared in a tweetCongratulations Inspiration4 Proud to provide the launchpad from NASAKennedy for the first spaceflight with an allprivate crew Todays launch represents a significant milestone in the quest to make space for everybody added NASA in a tweetSpaceX is targeting a fivehour launch window The crew will orbit Earth aboard SpaceXs Crew Dragon capsule every 90 minutes along a customised flight pathThe threeday mission will target approximately a 575 km orbit flying farther from Earth than any human spaceflight since the Hubble Space Telescope repair missionsUpon conclusion of the threeday journey Dragon and the Inspiration4 crew will reenter Earths atmosphere for a soft water landing off the coast of Florida The Dragon has a dome window inspired by the Cupola on the International Space Station and will provide the crew with incredible views of Earth according to the Inspiration4 teamThe Inspiration4 mission marks SpaceXs latest private astronaut missionThe Inspiration4 launch reminds us of what can be accomplished when we partner with private industry A commercial capability to fly private missions is the culmination of NASAs vision with Commercial_Crew Bill Nelson NASA Administrator tweetedCEO Musk visited the crew before launchThank you for visiting our Inspiration4 crew before their departure to Launch Complex 39A Inspiration4 tweetedInspiration4s goal is to inspire humanity and raise money for St Jude Childrens Research HospitalDuring their multiday journey in orbit the Inspiration4 crew will partake in a firstofitskind health research initiative to increase humanitys knowledge on the impact of spaceflight on the human bodyOnce in orbit the crew will perform carefully selected research experiments on human health and performance which will have potential applications for human health on Earth and during future spaceflightsIn addition SpaceX the Translational Research Institute for Space Health TRISH at Baylor College of Medicine and investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine will collect environmental and biomedical data and biological samples from Inspiration4s four crew members before during and after this historic spaceflightAlso Read SpaceXs first allcivilian mission to launch on September 15Earlier in July Virgin Galactics billionaire CEO Richard Branson flew to the edge of space with three employees including one of Indianorigin heralding a new space tourism era His flight climbed nearly 86 kilometres above the Earths surface He was followed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos who flew beyond the Karman line 100 kms above the ground and the internationally recognised boundary of space on board his company Blue Origins fully automated and reusable New Shepard rocketThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliabilitsy and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever