JAKARTA, iNews.id – You are on a mission SpaceX Inspiration4 has now spent a full day in space, sleeping, eating, and even competing in sports. Images from the crew’s first day in orbit have arrived to give a glimpse into life on Dragon.
Images uploaded to the Inspiration4 Twitter account late Thursday show crew members enjoying the dome, where mission specialist Chris Sembroski sharply focuses his camera from inside the arched window at medic Hayley Arceneaux appearing to soar upward toward Earth, as quoted by Cnet.
As is well known, Inspiration4 is the first mission to feature an all-citizen crew, financed by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, it also features Sian Proctor, a geology professor and the fourth African-American woman in space to pilot the mission.
The crew of #Inspiration4 had an incredible first day in space! They’ve completed more than 15 orbits around planet Earth since liftoff and made full use of the Dragon cupola. pic.twitter.com/StK4BTWSA6
— Inspiration4 (@inspiration4x) September 17, 2021
Crew Dragon orbits Earth at an altitude of about 364 miles, which is the furthest human journey since flight STS-103 from the Space Shuttle in 1999. The team will be exposed to higher levels of radiation than astronauts stationed on the International Space Station (ISS). Chinese space.
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