Inspiration4 crew in space
The crew of Inspiration4 – Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux, Chris Sembroski and Sian Proctor (left to right) – said they've been busy doing research and enjoying views out the Crew Dragon’s cupola during their time in orbit so far.

SpaceX’s first private Crew Dragon mission is set to end with a splashdown off the Florida coast Sept. 18, three days after liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center.

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Jeff Foust has more than a decade of experience writing about space policy, entrepreneurial ventures and regulatory affairs. In 2001, he established spacetoday.net to aggregate and summarize the day's space-related news stories. In 2003, he started The...