Inspiration4 Brings Civilians to New Heights

Inspiration4 Brings Civilians to New Heights

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Refugee Stories, Civilians in Space, Arachnophobia

Episode: Refugee Stories, Civilians in Space, Arachnophobia

  • Oct 25, 2021 8:00 pm
  • 18:24 mins

Star Trek actor William Shatner (aka Captain Kirk) went to actual space last week – as you probably heard. He’s just the latest in a flurry of space-traveling civilians in the last two months. Most of them have only gone to the edge of space for a few minutes before coming back to Earth. The exception was Inspiration4 –a SpaceX capsule with four civilians on board that spent three days orbiting Earth. Chris Sembroski was part of that crew, but he's not an astronaut. There were no professional astronauts aboard Inspiration4. (Segment produced by Cole Cummings) (AP Photo/John Raoux)