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World's first all civilian space flight

Daily Express 15/09/2021

The Inspiration4 was the world's first all civilian space flight that took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 15th 2021. It was operated by SpaceX and operated to help raise money for St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Tennessee. Over 243 million US dollars were raised for the cause.

The flight went to an orbital altitude of around 585 km/364 miles. It landed via splashdown into the Atlantic Ocean.

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