How to watch SpaceX launch the Inspiration4 mission with its all-civilian crew
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A tech billionaire and a young cancer survivor are part of the all-civilian crew making history as they blast off aboard a SpaceX rocket Wednesday evening. The Inspiration4 mission, which raised funds to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, will be the first fully commercial, non-government space flight to orbit around the Earth.
Unlike the short up-and-down space flights by Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson earlier this summer, which were measured in minutes, this one is scheduled to last three days. The Crew Dragon capsule will go into orbit at a planned altitude of 360 miles — 100 miles above the International Space Station, higher than anyone has flown since the final shuttle visit to the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009.
The mission is launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a crew of four on board:
On May 7, health influencer Paul Saladino, M.D.. posted a video to his X account that promoted feeding "raw dairy" to infants. The post received over 90,000 views and sparked strong backlash before it was removed the following day. Saladino regularly advocates for "animal-based" diets featuring raw milk, including on his TikTok channel where he has over half a million followers.
Everywhere you look, things are getting more complicated. Our phones have over a thousand settings. Showerheads come with apps. Cars have touchscreens. Ovens have touchscreens. "There's no doubt that 'featuritis' is real," said design consultant Jakob Nielsen. "Most of these things are too complicated."
New research is adding to the evidence linking ultra-processed foods to health concerns. The study tracked people's habits over 30 years and found those who reported eating more of certain ultra-processed foods had a slightly higher risk of death — with four categories of foods found to be the biggest culprits.