SpaceX Made History Again, Here’s How

On September 15, 2021, SpaceX's all-civilian Inspiration4 mission is set to usher us into a new era of spaceflight. This historic spaceflight could open up space exploration to all of humanity, not just astronauts. » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker (then hit the little 🔔 icon and select "all.") » Watch more Countdown to Launch: http://bit.ly/CTLplaylist » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com We've officially seen trained astronauts and billionaires go up to space...but what about the rest of us? Well, SpaceX is set to make history AGAIN. This time with its Inspiration4 mission launching the first all civilian crew to orbit, marking the first step in a brand new chapter of human spaceflight. Inspiration4 will be SpaceX’s first free flight of its Dragon capsule, meaning it won’t dock to the ISS. And unlike Virgin Galactic or Blue Origin’s launches, Inspiration4 will be heading up much higher than Branson and Bezos, to an altitude of roughly 579 kilometers above Earth, much further than the ISS, which orbits at roughly 400 kilometers. In addition, the crew aims to raise millions of dollars for St Jude’s Research Hospital to help find a cure for cancer. Inspiration4 is going to be historic for many reasons, but it also marks a new era for spaceflight, where ordinary civilians like you or me could one day head up to space. I mean there’s still the issue of the current prices costing thousands and even millions of dollars, but this mission is a small step towards making space a bit more accessible than it’s ever been before. #Inspiration4 #space #SpaceX #seeker #science #countdowntolaunch Read more: Inspiration4 astronauts to conduct health research on private SpaceX mission https://www.space.com/inspiration4-spacex-mission-research-human-health-mission SpaceX is also working with the researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine to study the crew's genomes, microbiomes, telomeres (a DNA-protein structure found at the end of a chromosome) and