After three days orbiting Earth, the astronauts of Inspiration4 flying aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft safely splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 7:06 p.m. EDT on Saturday.
Inspiration4 Astronauts Splash Down
Key Takeaways:
- The Inspiration4 mission, the world's first all-civilian human spaceflight to orbit, successfully concluded with a safe splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.
- The mission achieved multiple historic "firsts," including the first all-civilian crew, the first black female spacecraft pilot, and the farthest human spaceflight since Hubble missions.
- During the flight, the Inspiration4 mission successfully raised nearly $154 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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