First all-civilian crew launched to orbit aboard SpaceX rocket ship

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Inspiration4 crew launches from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on September 15, 2021.

Liftoff of @Inspiration4X! Go Falcon 9! Go Dragon! pic.twitter.com/NhRXkD4IWg Dragon has separated from Falcon 9’s second stage pic.twitter.com/pOfgJ9LsvE View from Dragon’s cupola pic.twitter.com/Z2qwKZR2lK

A billionaire e-commerce executive and three less-wealthy private citizens chosen to join him blasted off from Florida on Wednesday aboard a SpaceX rocket ship and soared into orbit, the first all-civilian crew ever to circle the Earth from space.