Inspiration4 splashdown: 14 photos and videos of the historic SpaceX mission

Homecoming SpaceX just made history with Inspiration4, the first civilian flight into orbit. by Jake Kleinman Updated: Feb. 20, 2024 Originally Published: Sep. 18, 2021

Inspiration4 On Saturday, September 18 just after 7 p.m. Eastern, the Inspiration4 team in their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule safely splashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast.

Need more? Here’s the full splashdown video! Inspiration4

Footage of the Dragon capsule’s parachute’s deploying a few minutes earlier. Inspiration4

The first footage taken from Earth of the Inspiration4 reentering Earth’s atmosphere.

The view of Earth from Inspiration4 during de-orbital acceleration. Inspiration4

While you’re here, check out some epic photos and videos from Inspiration4’s September 15 launch. Getty

The dashboard of the Inspiration4 mission.‌

A stuffed dog floats in the weakened gravity shortly after launch.

Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Inspiration4 circled the Earth for three days — its elliptical orbit saw it round our planet about 50 times — before splashing down.

Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The crew of Inspiration4 includes Shift4 Payments founder Jared Isaacman , scientist Sian Proctor, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital employee Hayley Arceneaux, and aeronautical engineer Chris Sembroski.

Joe Raedle/Getty Images News/Getty Images Hang loose: Jared Isaacman ahead of the September 15 launch.

CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images Isaacman paid $100 million to be one of the first non-astronauts in space.

Inspiration4 splashdown: 14 photos and videos of the historic SpaceX mission

The first footage taken from Earth of the Inspiration4 reentering Earth’s atmosphere.

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