SpaceX's all-civilian Inspiration4 crew will do 'first-of-its-kind health research' during trip into orbit

The crew of SpaceX's Inspiration4, the first all-civilian spaceflight to orbit, will be used to collect a huge amount of health data that will be used to help future humans travel off-planet. The four humans riding the Dragon capsule are US billionaire Jared Isaacman, who commissioned the flight, St. Jude physician's assistant Hayley Arcenaux, data engineer Chris Sembroski and geoscientist and artist Sian Proctor. The mission, scheduled for 15 September, will orbit the planet at 575 kilometres for three days before returning to Earth, descending into the Atlantic Ocean. This is the furthest distance from Earth for any human spaceflight since the Hubble Space Telescope repair missions, SpaceX says. The crew will collect a range of medical data including ECG (electrocardiograph) activity, movement, sleep, heart rate and rhythm, blood oxygen saturation, cabin noise and light intensity – which will be used to help assess changes in behavioural and cognitive performance over time.