The four-person Inspiration4 crew has officially proven that a ride into space no longer requires being a professional astronaut.

Now, the crew, who spent months training for their history-making moment, will embark on a multi-day journey orbiting the planet we call home every 90 minutes.

Liftoff went off without a hitch at 8:02 p.m. ET on Sept. 15 from the historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew, comprised of Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux, Chris Sembroski and Dr. Sian Proctor, got a ride into orbit from the Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket.

The mission plans to "inspire support for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and send a humanitarian message of possibility while representing a new era for human spaceflight and exploration."

Onboard the Crew Dragon capsule, the civilian crew will conduct experiments "designed to expand our knowledge of the universe." According to SpaceX, the research will look at the impact of spaceflight on the human body. #WakeUpCLT #SpaceX #Inspiration4

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