Passengers aboard the world’s first all-civilian space flight have posted spectacular footage of the Earth from their trip.
SpaceX’s Inspiration4 touched back down to Earth safely last week after a three-day mission in space.
More onboard images from the all-civilian crew of Inspiration4 have begun to grace social media and the results are spectacular.
The crew included mission commander Jared Isaacman, who financed Insipiration4’s trip, Hayley Arceneaux, a physician assistant, aerospace data engineer and Air Force veteran Christopher Sembroski and Dr. Sian Proctor, a geoscientist.
Images and footage were captured through the spacecraft’s cupola hatch – a transparent dome that was specifically added in lieu of a docking hatch.
The hatch allowed each crew member to view the scenery and capture footage of the Earth from their once-in-a-lifetime vantage point.
Proctor captured the moment the hatch was opened for the first time and the crew members caught their first glimpse of planet Earth.
The moment when me and my amazing crew, @rookisaacman, @ArceneauxHayley, @ChrisSembroski opened up the @SpaceX cupo… https://t.co/VtRbukgxMn— Dr. Sian “Leo” Proctor (@Dr. Sian “Leo” Proctor) 1632254611
Meanwhile, Isaacman posted footage of the stunning view of Earth which also featured a Xenomorph toy from the film Alien he’d brought on his journey.
Cool video from 🐉 cupola w/ xenomorph. In hindsight, it wasn’t worth the trouble of repacking the alien and probabl… https://t.co/DpBC9PzVum— Jared Isaacman (@Jared Isaacman) 1632454722
Arceneaux posted a 360-degree view of Earth from space and called the experience “absolutely life changing”.
The 360 degree view of our beautiful planet from the cupola was absolutely life changing https://t.co/c9xiDGJwg1— Hayley Arceneaux (@Hayley Arceneaux) 1632427977
Sembroski captured some great images of the huge country of Australia and also captured some fascinating storm spiral clouds.
Australia @inspiration4x @SpaceX https://t.co/sIPWXOsivN— Chris “Hanks” Sembroski (@Chris “Hanks” Sembroski) 1632332879