--- --- # The Next Frontier Jared Isaacman and the all-civilian crew of Inspiration4 aim to open up space travel for the rest of us ## Inspiration4 Articles *  [Four Civilian Astronauts. Three Days in Orbit. One Giant Leap. Meet the Inspiration4 Crew](/collections/inspiration4/6083977/jared-isaacman-inspiration4-profile/) byJeffrey Kluger *  [Meet the All-Civilian Crew of Inspiration4, From a St. Jude's Physician Assistant to a Lockheed Martin Engineer](/collections/inspiration4/6083979/meet-inspiration4-crew-members/) byJeffrey Kluger *  [The First All-Civilian Team of Astronauts Is Headed to Orbit. Here's What to Know About the Inspiration4 Mission](/collections/inspiration4/6083963/inspiration4-mission/) byAlejandro de la Garza *  [From Civilians to Astronauts: How the Inspiration4 Crew Trained to Go to Space](/collections/inspiration4/6083965/inspiration4-space-training/) byJeffrey Kluger *  [Inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon: Here's How the Inspiration4 Crew Will Fly to Space](/collections/inspiration4/6083975/inside-spacex-crew-dragon-spacecraft/) byJeffrey Kluger *  [How the Inspiration4 Mission Fits Into the Long History of Civilian Space Travel](/collections/inspiration4/6083973/history-civilian-space-flight/) byOlivia B. Waxman *  [With Private Space Flight On the Rise, Who Gets to Be Called 'Astronaut?'](/collections/inspiration4/6083954/who-is-an-astronaut-private-space-flight/) byJeffrey Kluger *  [St. Jude's Fundraising Chief on Space Missions, 'Pushing Boundaries' and a Record-Setting Year](/collections/inspiration4/6083981/st-jude-chief-fundraising-inspiration4/) byBelinda Luscombe Inspiration4: The Next Frontier of Space ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/inspiration4/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/inspiration4/"},"headline":"The Next Frontier","description":"Jared Isaacman and the all-civilian crew of Inspiration4 aim to open up space travel for the rest of us","url":"https://time.com/collections/inspiration4/","datePublished":"2026-03-17T00:08:35.136Z","dateModified":"2026-03-17T00:08:34.818Z","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156}},"mainEntity":{"@type":"ItemList","numberOfItems":8,"itemListOrder":"Descending"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt674e7a14316e6947/698a1b9822fb8532bee2c648/inspiration_4_crew_time_01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/inspiration4/","name":"The Next Frontier"}}]}] ```