Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – SpaceX has successfully brought four amateur astronauts into space. This became part of the Inspiration 4 mission and took the four crew members around the Earth for three days.
The BBC reported the four identified as one billionaire and three ‘ordinary citizens’. SpaceX launched into space from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, United States (US) on Thursday (16/9/2021).
The four people are Jared Issacman, Hayley Arceneaux, Sian Proctor, and Chris Sembroski. Isaacman is known as an injector of funds and invites three people who have inspiring stories.
The entire Inspiration 4 crew has undergone six months of incentive training with SpaceX. But computer systems on board will control the Dragon capsule and will be directly supervised by the SpaceX rim, quoted from the BBC, Thursday (16/9/2021).
Dragon will not approach the international space station (ISS), but willfree flight‘ with a target altitude of 575 km or about 150 km above the laboratory.
They will carry out various experimental activities in the capsule. SpaceX also made modifications to the four people’s temporary homes, including making large windows.
Inspiration 4’s journey is another milestone in the space tourism industry. This is after being absent for a decade.
But the industry is starting to kick in again with two billionaires going on trips to space. The two are Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos who go to the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere in their respective vehicles.
Following the latest mission there will be two private visits to the ISS. One mission in October with a Russian director and actress and a second mission in early 2022.
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