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How the Inspiration4 Mission Fits Into the Long History of Civilian Space Travel

TIME Studios is producing the Netflix documentary series Countdown: Inspiration 4 Mission to Space, starting Sept. 6. It’s been 52 years since the artist Jeff Gates made a reservation to go to the ...
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With Private Space Flight On the Rise, Who Gets to Be Called ‘Astronaut?’

The crew of the Inspiration4, the world’s first all-civilian mission to orbit. From left: Hayley Arceneaux, Dr. Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman, and Chris Sembroski photographed in Los Angeles, July 2021 ...