SpaceX tourists talk to Tom Cruise from orbit, provide update on flightA screengrab from the SpaceX live webcast shows Inspiration4 crew (from left) Chris Sembroski, Jared Isaacman, Sian Proctor and Hayley Arceneaux. WASHINGTON: Four space tourists orbiting the Earth in a SpaceX capsule at 28,162 kilometres per hour talked to movie star Tom Cruise on Friday and provided a live update about life aboard the spacecraft. 'Fortunate'The four crew members shared their experiences in space during a 10-minute live webcast with mission control on Friday. Crew members said they were collecting blood samples for research and doing cognitive tests which will be compared with their results prior to liftoff. "We know how fortunate we are to be up here," said billionaire Jared Isaacman, the mission commander.

Source: Bangkok Post September 17, 2021 22:07 UTC