Meet the first civilians to travel to space

Space tourism is becoming less science-fiction and more of a reality with the help of Space X with four lucky civilians that will make history. The all-civilian Inspiration4 mission will make history as the first all-civilian flight towards the future of space tourism.

An Air Force veteran, a childhood cancer survivor, a geoscientist, and a tech billionaire.

Meet the four people chosen to orbit Earth in the first-ever all-civilian space mission. 🚀https://t.co/LXEpIAvdEw pic.twitter.com/wk1DKAi5LH

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Each participant for the Inspiration4 mission was chosen for their passion for space travel including tech billionaire entrepreneur, pilot, and investor in this all-civilian flight Jared Isaacman. Isaacman has experience flying more than 6,000 hours on jets and ex-military craft using this opportunity to charter the first all-civilian flight for a couple of lucky winners.

Jared Isaacman (@rookisaacman) is a 38-year-old tech billionaire, pilot, and chief executive of @Shift4Payments, a Pennsylvania-based payment processing company.

He will charter the flight.https://t.co/TsNkLWRS1x pic.twitter.com/9w6B9MK7Kv

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Isaacman invested in this space tourism endeavor to give a diverse community of people the chance to travel to space while raising money for St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital. The second civilian chosen was a 29-year-old physician’s assistant for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital Hayley Arceneaux.

Hayley Arceneaux (@ArceneauxHayley) is a 29-year-old physician assistant at St. Jude Children's Research. At 10, Arceneaux had part of her femur removed from bone cancer.

Her orthopedic surgeon told her: "There's going to be no limits on you in space."https://t.co/zlyye36QFB pic.twitter.com/xi9mgG2Mm2

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At a young age, Arceneaux was diagnosed with bone cancer and received treatment at St. Jude’s Hospital being fitted for a prosthetic body part. Arceneaux will make history as one of the first civilians and the first person with a prosthetic in space.

.@DrSianProctor is a geoscientist and analog astronaut.

Proctor secured her seat after winning a contest sponsored by Isaacman's e-commerce company, Today reported.https://t.co/LXEpIAvdEw pic.twitter.com/FxTuita4xW

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Dr. Sian Proctor is a geoscientist, science communication specialist, and now an astronaut for the Inspiration4 mission after winning a contest sponsored by Isaacman’s company. Shift4Payments’ contest required all entrants to design an online store using the Shift4Payment software and tweet a video describing the entrant’s space fantasy.

The final team on the Inspiration4 mission will be Chris Sembroski who works for the aerospace company Lockheed Martin and is an Air Force veteran. Sembroski was one of the lucky contestants picked from nearly 72,000 entries through the fundraising campaign for St. Jude Hospital and is expected to act as a mission specialist with responsibilities including conducting science experiments during the flight as well as aiding payload.

Chris Sembroski (@epathctocs), 41, is a @LockheedMartin employee and Air Force veteran. He heard about the mission from an ad during this year's Super Bowl.

He will act as a mission specialist, aiding payloads and science experiments during the flight.https://t.co/LXEpIAvdEw pic.twitter.com/vOHvoZpxPV

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This will be the first all-civilian space flight but the Inspiration4 crew will undergo commercial astronaut training participating in full and partial mission simulations. As the lucky four get ready for they journey to space, the world will be looking forward to the first step in space tourism.