SpaceX Inspiration4 mission launches 15 Sept 2021: How to watch live

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SpaceX Inspiration4 mission launches today: How to watch live.

SpaceX Inspiration4 all-civilian launch set for today: How to watch the historic flight live

The Crew Dragon is set to send four "everyday people" into space from the Florida coast on Wednesday in a milestone launch that could kick off a new era in space tourism.

www.cnet.com

Richard

 

[joestein]

Now you know why SpaceX gets the Nasa contracts and not Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin.

 

[Brett]

Amateur space tourists are in orbit

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...first-all-civilian-private-flight/8330199002/

 

[pedro47]

These Americans astronauts tourists are circling earth . That is the major between Branson and Bezos venture into space.

Plus, NASA made a handsome profit on this space flight. IMHO.

 

[Brett]

"it was designed and built under a NASA contract and intended to get astronauts to and from the International Space Station, SpaceX still owns and operates the vehicle and is allowed to sell seats or entire missions to whoever the companies wishes. And with that, SpaceX and its space tourism customers get to design the entire mission — from picking the flight path and training regiment all the way down to choosing which foods the passengers will munch on while in orbit.
It's a custom, one-off mission financed by a billionaire founder of a payment processing company, and though pricing details have not been made public, it likely cost upward of $200 million. SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule costs roughly $55 million per seat.

 

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SpaceX Capsule With World's First All-Civilian Orbital Crew Set for Splashdown.

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-09-18/spacex-capsule-with-worlds-first-all-civilian-orbital-crew-set-for-splashdown

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SpaceX's Inspiration4 crew returns to Earth, capping first fully private mission in orbit.

SpaceX’s Inspiration4 crew returns to Earth, capping first fully private mission in orbit

The three-day mission started on Wednesday evening.

www.theverge.com

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SpaceX Dragon capsule splashes down with Crew-5 astronauts after 157 days in space

SpaceX Dragon capsule splashes down with Crew-5 astronauts after 157 days in space

The four Crew-5 astronauts spent about five months off Earth.

www.space.com

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Four astronauts splash down off Florida coast ending 5-month mission

Four astronauts splash down off Florida coast ending 5-month mission

Less than 19 hours after the astronauts checked out of the space station Saturday, their Dragon capsule was bobbing in the sea as they awaited pickup.

www.nbcnews.com

Richard