History made in space tourism: Space X sent ordinary citizens into space for 3 days

- The bow of this mission is in the hands of 38-year-old Isaacman. He is the founder and CEO of a payment company.

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The first all-civilian crew of businessman Alan Musk's company Space X left for space on Wednesday night. The company has sent 4 ordinary people into space for the first time. This mission is named Inspiration 4. Specially, this is the first non-professional astronauts crew to go to Earth orbit. The four astronauts have been launched into space by a dragon capsule. They will spend 3 days in space orbiting the world from a height of 160 km above the International Space Station. The spacecraft will then re-enter Earth's atmosphere and fall off the coast of Florida.

Arch in the hands of Isaacman

The mission is led by 38-year-old Isaacman. He is the founder and CEO of a payment company. He started the company at the age of 16. This is the first entry into the world of space tourism by Alan Musk, the founder of SpaceX. Prior to that, Blue Origin and Virgin Space Ship also flew, launching private space tourism.

In addition to Isaacman, Hayley Arcano is also on the trip. Hayley, 29, is a cancer survivor. She is a Physician Assistant at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Isaacman, who is leading the mission, has promised to donate 100 million to the hospital. They want to raise another 100 100 million through this mission.

In addition to the two, former US Air Force pilots Chris Sembrowski and 51-year-old Shawn Proctor are also on the trip. Proctor is a professor of geology at a college in Arizona. Hayley is the youngest U.S. citizen to go into space.

The Falcon-9 rocket flew from NASA's Kennedy Space Research Center in Florida. This time the dragon capsule will reach Earth orbit at an altitude of 357 miles, i.e. 575 km. It is beyond the Hubble Space Telescope.