Follow the moments that led to SpaceX's historic launch of the first-ever, all-civilian space crew.
The crew in their spacesuits are pictured on September 15 in front of the Falcon 9 rocket that will carry them into space.The Falcon 9 was made vertical on the launch pad, prior to launch on September 15.
The fact that the rocket comprises two stages means that SpaceX can recover the most expensive elements of it and repeatedly reuse them.The Falcon 9 carrying the Inspiration4 crew pictured lifting off on Wednesday. The Dragon capsule separated from the rest of the rocket and is orbiting Earth at around 370 miles above its surface.At the tip of the rocket is the Dragon spacecraft, which is capable of carrying up to seven passengers into space.
While Dragon did not take the Inspiration4 team to the ISS, it did place them in a low-Earth orbit that sees them circle the planet once every 90 minutes, and hitting a speed of around 17,000 miles per hour.
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