Mission Inspiration4 Will Land Off Florida, Saturday Night Local Time
JAKARTA – The Inspiration4 mission, which will take four civilian crew members into space for three days, will land around 19:06. Saturday, September 18 (09.06 WIB Sunday) off the coast of Florida, USA.
On Wednesday, September 15, Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux, Sian Proctor and Chris Sembroski, became the first crew of civilians to make history by launching into space from Florida's Space Coast. They are flown by SpaceX, Elon Musk's space company.
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During an interview on Friday, September 17, the crew gave an update on their multi-day mission. They talk about experiments that have been carried out while in space.
In contrast to billionaire Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson's flight last July which went into sub-orbit for only a few minutes, Inspiration4 will cover a much longer distance. It even surpassed the International Space Station by three days.
The Inspiration4 team launched Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral aboard one of SpaceX's reusable two-stage Falcon 9 rockets.
Within three hours, the crew capsule had reached a cruising orbital altitude of over 363 miles (585 km). This altitude is higher than the International Space Station or the Hubble Space Telescope. The mission is also said to be the furthest humanity has ever taken from Earth since NASA's Apollo program ended in 1972.
It also marks the debut flight of Musk's new space tourism business and a leap ahead of competitors who are also offering rocket ship rides to wealthy customers who are willing to pay money to experience the excitement of space and earn titles as amateur astronauts.
The four people on board were unique passengers. Start a billionaire, cancer survivor, geologist and lottery winner.
This mission to space is very important to people on the ground as it is also a fundraiser for St. Children's Hospital. Jude.
One of the main goals of Inspiration4's mission is to raise $200 million for children with cancer and life-threatening illnesses.