The American company Spacex first launched the Falcon 9 carrier missile with the Crew Dragon ship, the crew of which is exclusively civilians, from a cosmodrome at Cape Canaveral (Florida, USA). Broadcast is conducted on the company’s website.
Rocket carrier started at 20:02 local time (03:02 September 16 in Moscow) As part of the Inspiration4 mission. It is expected that the flight will last about three days.
In the course of the Inspiration4 mission, with the help of the Falcon 9 missile, the Crew Dragon spacecraft launched immediately four people – Billionaire Jared Isaacman, a researcher Sian Protrot, Assistant Haley Arsenox doctor and veteran of the Air Force (Air Force) Christopher Semboski. At a low near-earth orbit, the ship will be three days. Docking from the ISS is not planned. The Inspiration4 mission was the first civilian for Crew Dragon. Its purpose declared fundraising for the treatment of children with oncological diseases. The mission completely paid for Aizecman.
Earlier it was reported that on September 16, a 25-year-old record in the number of people simultaneously located in space can be. After the launch of the Spacex Inspiration 4 charitable mission, 14 people from the USA, China, Russia, France and Japan may be at once in an near-earth orbit.