Astronaut On SpaceX's Inspiration4 Mission Took A Meteorite To Space And Back, In A First

$Tesla(TSLA.US)$ CEO Elon Musk-led SpaceX’s all-civilian crew took a piece of an ancient meteorite to space back during its three-day trip to space and back in September, revealed astronaut Sian Proctor.

What Happened: Proctor in a Twitter post revealed she was able to take a meteorite to space during the all-civilian Inspiration4 mission earlier this year.

Why It Matters: Proctor and three others were part of the Inspiration4’s all-civilian crew that took the round trip. The mission was led by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, founder and CEO of e-commerce firm $Shift4 Payments(FOUR.US)$

Other astronauts included Hayley Arceneaux, a physician assistant at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital who is also a childhood cancer survivor, Chris Sembroski, an Air Force veteran and aerospace data engineer, and Sian Proctor, a geoscientist and entrepreneur.

The event was live-streamed on $Netflix(NFLX.US)$ as part of a limited episodes docuseries "Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space."