The first all-civilian crew in history has made it to space.
The Inspiration4 crew took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:04 EST PM, commencing the first space mission in human history featuring zero trained astronauts.
The reusable first-stage of the Falcon 9 rocket executed two burns in its journey back to Earth, landing vertically on the SpaceX droneship “Just Read the Instructions” around 9-and-a-half minutes after launch. Dragon separated from the second stage at 8:16 EST PM.
Second stage separation. Image Credits: SpaceX (opens in a new window)
The four-person crew will be spending time in orbit in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, which was