Inspiration4

Since Elon Musk-owned SpaceX announced that it was aiming for September 15 to launch the first all-civilian spaceflight mission, curiosity has been building about those who have signed up for this potentially historic sojourn. Four private citizens will fly to space and will spend three days there as part of the aptly named “Inspiration4” space mission, also known as the SpaceX Dragon mission. It will be launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida in the US, months after Richard Branson flew to space in his…

SpaceX is set to launch four people into space Wednesday on a three-day mission that is the first to orbit the Earth with exclusively private citizens on board, as Elon Musk's company enters the space tourism fray.The Inspiration4 mission caps a summer that saw billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos cross the final frontier, on Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin spaceships respectively, a few days apart in July.The SpaceX flight has been chartered by American billionaire Jared Isaacman, the 38-year-old founder and CEO…

SpaceX's Inspiration4 is scheduled for launch on September 15 at 8:02pm EDT (5:32am IST on September 16). Netflix will livestream the lift-off of the all-civilian mission starting 7pm EDT (4:30am IST on September 16). The livestream will be shown via Netflix's YouTube channel. SpaceX will take four people onboard its spacecraft and will orbit the Earth in a three-day mission. Netflix has a special docuseries called Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space dedicated to covering the first all-civilian flight to space.As…

SpaceX's all-civilian Inspiration4 crew spent their first day in orbit conducting scientific research and talking to children at a pediatric cancer hospital, after blasting off on their pioneering mission from Cape Canaveral the night before.St Jude tweeted its patients got to speak with the four American space tourists, "asking the questions we all want to know like 'are there cows on the Moon?'"Billionaire Jared Isaacman, who chartered the flight, is trying to raise $200 million (roughly Rs. 1,470 crores) for the…

The first space tourism mission by Elon Musk's SpaceX blasted off from Florida on Wednesday and the four crew members -- a billionaire and three other Americans -- have already seen more than 25 sunsets and sunrises.SpaceX has released few details about their adventure since they reached an orbit which is more distant than that of the International Space Station.Here's what we know about their life on board:Nine square meters The four space tourists are aboard the SpaceX crew capsule called Dragon.It is 8.1 meters (26.7…

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk delivered what no previous human missions to outer space could. The company took four civilian crew members to outer space in a spacecraft with no professional astronauts on board and returned them safely to Earth after three days. While the successful mission was an encouragement to others attempting something similar, the all-civilian crew faced some trouble during their voyage. For example, there were no ovens to heat food. There were also reports of issues with the toilet system. Asked about…

The all-private Polaris Dawn crew has been hard at work preparing for its upcoming trek to space. The team recently shared an update of the mission, scheduled for later this year, revealing that the four-member crew has been training since May, indulging in activities like scuba diving and going on high-altitude hikes.Polaris Dawn is the first of three flights on board a SpaceX rocket purchased by billionaire tech entrepreneur turned space enthusiast Jared Isaacman. The Shift4 Payments CEO was the mission commander of the…