A
bone cancer survivor, Hayley Arceneaux, who is among the crew members on SpaceX’s
Inspiration4, will become the first human to go into space with prosthesis. Inspiration4
is world’s first
all-commercial astronaut mission to Earth’s orbit.

Hayley
prosthesis would have prohibited her from passing the strict medical
examination that astronauts normally go through but since a private flight
doesn’t make such rigorous requirements necessary, she was able to take part in a Tesla’s space mission.

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Arceneaux heavily credits SpaceX’s commercial space flight for making it possible for someone with a medical history like her to go into the space. She, however, has been medically examined and cleared for the trip. “Inspiration4 space mission is opening up space travel to anyone and I think that in itself is going to motivate people and give them so much hope,” Reuters quoted Arceneaux as saying.

According to Reuters, the 29-year old was just 10 when she was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. She was treated at Tennessee’s St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis where she now works as a physician’s assistant.

When asked about her motivation to go into the space, Arceneaux told Reuters that being the first person to go to space, she wants to inspire kids there about their future.

“We are going to try to set up a video call with the St Jude kids, I hope that being able to see me in space really shows them what their future can look like.” Hayley said.

As far as the space mission goes, Inspiration4 will take a four-person crew led by Jared Isaacman, the founder and CEO of payment processing company Shift4 Payments, to the space on SpaceX’s ‘Dragon’ aircraft.

The flight is expected to launch sometime in the fourth quarter of 2021.