SpaceX is preparing to send the first all-civilian crew into Earth orbit Wednesday evening, capping a summer of private spaceflight with one of the most ambitious tourism missions to date. Stay with TOI for the latest developments
07:33 (IST) Sep 16
Amid cheers heard in SpaceX’s mission-control center as the spacecraft climbed to nearly 125 miles (200 km) above Earth, Isaacman read a statement thanking everyone who made it possible a journey.
06:18 (IST) Sep 16
The Inspiration4 mission, the first to send an all-civilian crew to orbit, will venture deeper into space than the International Space Station
.05:54 (IST) Sep 16
SpaceX tourists in orbit as capsule separates from rocket
05:43 (IST) Sep 16
A huge fireball illuminated the sky as the rocket’s nine engines began to pull away from Earth.
05:37 (IST) Sep 16
SpaceX rocket blasts off on all-civilian orbital mission
05:30 (IST) Sep 16
SpaceX set to launch first-ever all-civilian crew into orbit
04:50 (IST) Sep 16
During their multi-day journey, the Inspiration4x crew will conduct scientific research designed to advance human health on Earth and during future long-duration spaceflights: SpaceX
04:39 (IST) Sep 16
1 hour to Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s first all-civilian mission
04:32 (IST) Sep 16
Crew arriving at Launch Complex 39A for flight
03:25 (IST) Sep 16
“It blows me away, honestly,” SpaceX director Benji Reed said on the eve of launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. “It gives me goose bumps even right now to talk about it.”
03:23 (IST) Sep 16
For SpaceX, this is nothing less than a first step towards a multi-planetary humanity — founder and CEO Elon Musk’s ultimate vision.
03:23 (IST) Sep 16
After spending three days orbiting the globe, the four-person crew, all Americans, will splash down off the Florida coast.
03:23 (IST) Sep 16
The spaceship’s trajectory will take it to an altitude of 357 miles (575 kilometers), deeper into space than the International Space Station (ISS), and the furthest any humans have gone since the 2009 Hubble telescope maintenance mission.
03:22 (IST) Sep 16
A Falcon 9 rocket, with a Dragon capsule at its top, will blast off from the legendary launch complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Center in Florida, from where the Apollo 11 mission took off for the Moon.
03:22 (IST) Sep 16
A five-hour launch window for “Inspiration4” opens from 8:02 pm (0002 GMT Thursday), and weather conditions remain good with an 80 per cent chance of launch, according to official forecasters.
