Hawthorne-based SpaceX left a mark on the world Wednesday evening when it launched the very first non-professional astronaut crew into space.

The launch of the four all-civilian crewmembers on board the SpaceX Dragon capsule, named Inspiration4, occurred soon after 5 p.m. Pacific time from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

The trip is expecting to raise $200 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, with half of that sum coming by and by from the trip’s commander, 37-year-old Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman, as per SpaceX.

Joining Isaacman on the voyage is Hayley Arceneaux, a physician assistant at St. Jude and pediatric cancer survivor, Chris Sembroski, an Air Force veteran and aerospace data engineer, and Dr. Sian Proctor, a geoscientist and trained pilot.

Proctor will direct the spacecraft, the primary Black woman at any point to do as such.

“There have been three Black female astronauts that have made it into space, and realizing that I will be the fourth implies that I have this chance to accomplish my dream, yet additionally move,” Proctor told reporters.

The crew will go through three days in space before the Dragon capsule splashes down at one of a few potential landing locales off the Florida coastline.

Albeit none of the crew individuals are professional astronauts, every one of them went through thorough astronaut training at SpaceX central command in Hawthorne. The sessions included G-force training on Mig-29, AlphaJets and LC-39 aircraft.

Sembroski, 42, and Proctor, 51, both procured their seats on the trip through challenges.

Ongoing widely discussed flights involving billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson arrived at just lower heights, no higher than around 65 miles. Inspiration4 is relied upon to take off to 575 kilometers, or approximately 357 miles.

The crew will likewise lead some scientific work on the trip, “intended to propel human wellbeing on Earth and during future long-duration spaceflights,” SpaceX said.