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Inspiration4 sends an all-civilian crew into orbit
From SpaceX and the New Commercial Space Race: From Falcon 1 to Starship
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Human Spaceflight
Inspiration4 sends an all-civilian crew into orbit
Four private citizens flew on Crew Dragon without a professional astronaut onboard and spent three days in orbit.
The privately funded mission expanded the market beyond government astronaut transport and suborbital tourism. It demonstrated autonomous crew operations, but orbital private flight remained extremely expensive and dependent on mature government-developed safety infrastructure.Sources & references 1 source
