SpaceX Inspiration4 launch: 10 stunning photos captured by skygazers

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Four amateurs – including billionaire Jared Isaacman, a health care worker and two contest winners – lifted off Wednesday night from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on SpaceX’s Inspiration4 flight orbiting the Earth, according to The Associated Press.

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SpaceX launch The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with four private citizens on board, heads into space from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday. (Chris O'Meara/AP)

Skygazers took to social media to share their photos of the historic all-civilian launch. Here are some of our favorites:

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1. St. Johns River

Photo by @alexhbrock, Instagram

2. Titusville

Photo by @stargazerpearce, Instagram

3. Port Canaveral

Photo by @mco747, Instagram

4. Kennedy Space Center

Photo by @johnkrausphotos, Twitter

5. New Smyrna Beach

Photo by @mikekillianphotography, Instagram

6. Vero Beach

Photo by @samwolfephoto, Instagram

7. Titusville

Photo by @scubasteveratts, Instagram

8. Orlando

Photo by @zmorris8870, Instagram

9. Kennedy Space Center

Photo by @_mgde_, Instagram

10. Kennedy Space Center

Photo by @mhaskellphoto, Instagram

– The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Photos: SpaceX Inspiration4 all-civilian crew safely returns to Earth In this image taken provided by SpaceX, a capsule carrying four people parachutes into the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. The all-amateur crew was the first to circle the world without a professional astronaut. (SpaceX via AP)

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