CNBC.com's Pippa Stevens brings you the day's top business news headlines. On today's show, CNBC.com space reporter Michael Sheetz reports from Florida after SpaceX's successful civilian space launch. Plus, Ark Invest's Cathie Wood sells millions in Tesla shares.
SpaceX launched its Inspiration4 mission on Wednesday evening from NASA's facility in Florida, successfully bringing its all-civilian crew into orbit.
Human space travel owes everything to one forgotten creature
But even Shephard had his predecessors. On September 20, 1951, almost a decade before Shephard went to space and 70 years before the billionaire crowd made it, a Rhesus monkey named Yorick changed space history.
On that day, Yorick was strapped into the nose cone of United States Air Force's Aerobee-19 rocket and became the first human-like animal to be successfully launched into space and safely landed... in a way.
Genes in Space: Students' experiments could help humans travel in deep space - CNN
China's Tiangong astronauts return with vision of 'new heights' in space travel | South China
How Data Technology Aims to Improve Space Travel
The problem with exploring space is that it takes too long to travel and send information to Earth. Data technology is the solution as it develops hardware, software, and strategies to make transmissions faster, easier, and more robust.
Here’s what experts have accomplished so far in connecting data technology with space travel, plus how this relationship can benefit astronauts and people on Earth.
Ross: Convincing billionaires that Earth is more exciting than space
Congratulations on another successful spaceflight for SpaceX.
While you have every right to question whether this is a socially responsible way to spend money, Elon Musk is proving that it's possible for a private company to build a space-worthy rocket for less money than the government could – and that his capsule can fly higher than Bezos' capsule.
Star Trek Icon George Takei Shares Top Tips For Humanity As SpaceX Starts Tourist Rides
Humanity is finally boldly going where no one has gone before — more than a half century after Star Trek first entered the pop culture psyche.
After decades of stagnation, the commercialization of space is accelerating at a rapid pace, thanks to billionaires Elon Musk of SpaceX, Richard Branson of Virgin Galactic, and Jeff Bezos of Blue Origin — all sci fi fans. Bezos even had a cameo in the movie, Star Trek Beyond .
Elon Musk donates $50 million to help SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission hit its goal - Vox
The Inspiration4 mission carried souvenirs to space that people can buy now that the ship has returned to Earth.
SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission safely splashed down just off the coast of Florida on Saturday night, after completing the first-ever all-civilian trip to Earth's orbit.
Outer Space Gets Crowded With Inspiration4 Crew Helping Set Record - The New York Times
And the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft carried three astronauts who were completing a 90-day stay on China's space station, which is still under construction. On Friday, the crew returned safely to Earth, according to a state media report .
Happening on Twitter
Why SpaceX's private Inspiration4 mission to Earth orbit is so important https://t.co/khZwU7gbV6 https://t.co/rKFFbqKMLn SPACEdotcom (from NYC) Mon Sep 13 11:16:37 +0000 2021
SpaceX is sending up four civilians with no formal astronaut training for a three day orbital jaunt. Here's why https://t.co/QU1afgHW9v business (from New York and the World) Wed Sep 15 12:02:06 +0000 2021
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