Spectacular pulsing plumes from the Inspiration4 rocket

Plumes from the first and second stages of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket pulse in the night sky following liftoff of the Inspiration4 mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Inspiration4, the first allprivate, nongovernment human spaceflight ever to travel into orbit, blasted off from Kennedy Space Center on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 8:02 p. m. EDT Wednesday (0002 GMT Thursday).