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Inspiration4: The first all-civilian spaceflight on SpaceX Dragon – Space.com

Jared Isaacman’s privately funded trip to Earth’s orbit will raise money for St. Jude’s.

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Billionaire Jared Isaacman’s privately chartered space flight is scheduled to leave Earth in late 2021
as the first crewed space mission with no professional astronauts on board. The multi-day orbital flight, dubbed “Inspiration4,” was named to commemorate the four-person crew and their associated “pillars” of support for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital: leadership, hope, generosity and prosperity.
Aboard the SpaceX
Crew Dragon
capsule dubbed Resilience, Isaacman a self-described space geek…

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