AMMAN — SpaceX’s all-American all civilian crew spent their first day in orbit after blasting off their pioneering mission from Cape Canaveral on Thursday. The crew spent their first day talking to children from a pediatric cancer hospital while also conducting scientific research, according to Al-Ghad daily.
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Jared Isaacman, the billionaire who chartered the flight, is trying to raise $200 million for the research facility.
Inspiration4 is the first private orbital spaceflight with only citizens aboard.
Elon Musk's tweeted that he had personally spoken with the crew and "all is well."
By now, they should have also been able to gaze out from the Dragon ship's dome — the largest
space window ever built, which has been fitted onto the vessel for the first time in place of its usual docking mechanism.
There are currently seven people aboard the ISS, while three Chinese astronauts are on the spaceship Shenzhou-12.
The crew whizzes around the planet at an altitude that at times reaches 590 kilometers.
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