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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -– Space XThe first space tourists take in sweeping landscapes of Earth that few have witnessed and that motivate children with cancer.

The capsule’s four occupants fly extremely high, even by NASA standards.

Space X It put them into a 363-mile (585-kilometer) orbit, following their launch Wednesday night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. That’s 100 miles (160 kilometers) higher than the International Space Station. So high that they complete 15 Earth orbits per day, compared to 16 for station astronauts.

Until this purely amateur crew, relatively few NASA astronauts had ever gone this high. The most recent were shuttle astronauts who worked on multiple flights on the Hubble Space Telescope in the 1990s and 2000s.

To improve appearances, Space X equipped the automatic Dragon capsule with a special, bubble-shaped dome. Photos of him looking out of this large window have been posted online after his first days in space, but other than that, little has been released to the public since takeoff.

Passengers—two contest winners, a hospital employee, and billionaire sponsors—will wrap up their three-day flight this weekend with a splash of water off the Florida coast, weather permitting.

Childhood cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux chatted Thursday with patients at the hospital who saved her life nearly 20 years ago: Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital. According to a tweet, the kids wanted to know if there were cows on the moon, as in the nursery rhyme. The video link was not broadcast live.

Now a physician assistant Saint JudeArceneaux snapped an old photo of him – bald at the age of 10 who was treated for bone cancer. Before the flight, he said he wanted the children to see his long hair flying weightlessly to give hope.

At 29, Arceneaux is the youngest American in space.

38-year-old Pennsylvania entrepreneur Jared Isaacman bought the entire flight for an undisclosed amount. He wants to raise $200 million Saint Jude During the flight he calls inspiration, half of it comes from his own pocket.

Two other Dragon riders won their seats thanks to a pair of competitions sponsored by Isaacman: Chris Sembroski, 42, a data engineer, and Sian Proctor, 51, a community college educator.

four shares Space X founder Elon Musk’s quest to make space for everyone.

“Missions like Inspiration4 are helping advance space flight to ultimately ensure everyone can go to orbit and beyond,” Musk said after chatting with orbiting pioneers Thursday.