Space X: Amateur astronauts launch on Inspiration 4 mission

 

Mr Issacman ( foreground) yelled “punch it SpaceX” before the launch.

Four amateur astronauts have blasted off from Florida on their private mission to orbit. The Inspiration4 crew , comprising of on billionaire and three ordinary citizens rode out of the Kennedy Space Centre in a Dragon capsule provided by Space Z rocket company.

Earlier this summer, billionaire businessman Sir Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos went above Earth’s atmosphere in their own space vehicles.