SpaceX Lands Civil Passenger Capsule In Florida

Four civilians land from Spacex capsule in Florida sea (Twitter @spacex)

JAKARTA - After flying a manned civil society capsule into space using the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule named "Resilience", SpaceX finally landed the four civilians in calm seas in the Florida area on Saturday local time.

Quoted from Reuters on Sunday, the landing of the capsule containing the common people was broadcast live by SpaceX on its YouTube channel and became a signal of the space tourism coveted by SpaceX owner Elon Musk.

Within an hour four crew members were seen emerging one by one from the side hatch of the capsule with satisfied smiles. There is also a part of the capsule that looks charred on the outside after an orbital trip in outer space.

Crew of @Inspiration4x - first all-civilian human spaceflight to orbit - returns to Earth pic.twitter.com/pnjkDjnkAw

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 18, 2021

The SpaceX capsule's return from orbit appears to be plunging through Earth's atmosphere, creating frictional heat that sends the temperature around the outside of the capsule soaring to 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1,927 degrees Celsius).

Luckily the clothes worn by ordinary astronauts were fitted with a special ventilation system, designed to keep it cool if the cabin heats up.

Applause rang out from SpaceX's flight control center in suburban Los Angeles as the first parachute was seen deploying, slowing the capsule's descent to about 15 miles per hour (24.14 kilometers per hour) before crashing, and finally thunderous applause as the plane reached the water. calm.

After undergoing an examination after exiting the capsule, the astronauts were again greeted with great fanfare.

The first to leave was Hayely Arceneaux (29), the youngest member, a doctor from the St. Children's Research Center. Jude in Tennessee.

He was followed by geoscientist Sian Proctor (51), Air Force veteran Chris Sembroski (42), and philanthropist and billionaire commander of the civilian manned space flight mission Jared Isaacman (38).

The four of them were named the "Inspiration4" team and launched from the Kennedy Space Center on a Falcon 9 rocket which is a reusable rocket on Wednesday, September 15.

Within three hours the capsule reached a cruising orbital altitude of more than 585 kilometers, higher than the position of the International Space Station (ISS), becoming the furthest orbital distance humans have flown from Earth since NASA's Apollo program in 1972.

"It was an amazing journey for us," said Jared, who also serves as e-commerce firm Shift4 Payments Inc.

Reportedly to make the space trip, Jared paid about 200 million US dollars, equivalent to Rp. 2.8 trillion.

Jared purposely took the flight to raise awareness and donate to the St. Jude Research Center.

With SpaceX's first successful flight to the general public, SpaceX is cementing its potential as the most established company to commercialize rockets.