SpaceX launches world's first amateur astronaut crew into orbit for three days

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It's the first time anyone has ever streaked towards orbit without professional astronauts onboard 👏

rocket – marking the first time one has ever streaked towards orbit without any professional astronauts on board.

They aim to spend three days orbiting Earth at an unusually high altitude of 357 miles – 100 miles higher than the International Space Station. Hayley Arceneux, 29, a childhood cancer survivor who works at a research hospital, has become the youngest American in space as she joins Isaacman on the flight.

 

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