After three days in space, the first all-civilian flight to Earth's orbit is set to splashdown tonight just after 7 p.m. ET.
will be the third SpaceX Dragon-crewed capsuleBillionaire Jared Isaacman, 38, an experienced pilot, is commanding the mission. He founded a payment process company called Shift4 Payments and purchased all four seats on the flight for an estimated $220 million.
He reserved one seat for 29-year-old St. Jude ambassador Hayley Arceneaux. Arceneaux was treated at St. Jude as a child and returned to work there as a physician's assistant. She is now the youngest American to go to space as well as the first pediatric cancer survivor. The Inspiration4 crew,Chris Sembroski, Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman and Hayley Arceneaux pose for a photo, July 1, 2021."What kind of sleeping bag do you have?," one child asked Arceneaux.
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