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Our north america correspondent, david willis, has more. after months of rigorous training, it was time to slip into the custom—made spacesuits and make their way to the launch pad for a milestone flight into orbit. a trip funded by billionaire businessmanjared issacman to raise funds for charity, the crew also includes sian proctor, the first black woman to pilot a spacecraft. as well as 29 year cancer survivor hayley arceneaux. i definitely am excited to represent those that arent physically...

If you have time to talk about the runaway victory about california last, night i but as you can see from the words of the bottom of this screen that just blast across. we got some breaking news to cover this evening before we get to that. because in just a few minutes, the very first all-civilian spaceflight is going to take off in launch pad 39 keep kinetic florida. now probably you have already seen, whether youre space person or not, that earlier this summer we had billy bezos, and richard n...

38-year-old billionaire entrepreneur and pilot who funded the flight believes this first mission will change perceptions about who gets to go to space. 29-year-old haley is a pediatric cancer survivor with a prosthetic leg, which would have immediately disqualified her from becoming a nasa astronaut. was a finalist, but didnt make the cut. and kristin is an engineer who always dreamed about going to space but didnt think he had the right stuff to actually be an astronaut. >> it is incredible to ...

Safety at work act. do keep your comments coming in. use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions on twitter. the first space mission in history to be crewed entirely by amateur astronauts has taken off from florida. the four civilians on board include a healthcare worker, a scientist, a data analyst and a billionaire. theyll spend the next three days circling earth. our north america correspondent, david willis, has more. after months of rigorous training, it was time to slip into the custom—made spaces...

Space. right now the crew is just over the coast of australia. theyre conducting scientific experiments, medical experiments. but theyre also sitting back and enjoying the view and getting a much more expansive view of planet earth than jeff bezos or jeff branson did. the inspiration 4 mission is going to circle the earth about 50 times. >> three, two, one! the crew of space xs inspiration 4 lifting off from historic launch pad at the kennedy space center, the same launch pads used for decadecad...

The runaway victory about california last, night i but as you can see from the words of the bottom of this screen that just blast across. we got some breaking news to cover this evening before we get to that. because in just a few minutes, the very first all-civilian spaceflight is going to take off in launch pad 39 keep kinetic florida. now probably you have already seen, whether youre space person or not, that earlier this summer we had billy bezos, and richard nance and, within a few weeks of...

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Spacex rocket. steve: wow, phil keating is on the launch pad ahead of the inspiration 4 mission. good morning to you, philip. >> good morning, everybody. this is launch pad 39 a. the historic one that launched the apollo mission as well as the space shuttle missions and later toned around falcon 9 rocket poised vertical and ready for ignition. technically everything is a go. the astronauts say theyre ready. >> tonight lifelong dreams for four private citizens are about to come true going into sp...

And a half days they will splash down in the atlantic and have quite a story to tell. back to you. steve: no kidding. so, phil, the rich guy who is paying for it, he probably gets the good chair, right? [laughter] >> well, he did get the title of commander of the mission. he is a very accomplished acrobatic pilot as well. he retires retired war fighter jets. ainsley: brian has a question for you, phil. brian: heres the question. are you ready, phil? why cant you wear pants in space? why is it al...