{"id":536448,"date":"2021-09-09T09:05:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T13:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/inspiration4-reveals-mission-payload-highlights-including-the-first-ever-minted-nft-song-to-go-into-space\/"},"modified":"2021-09-09T09:05:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T13:05:12","slug":"inspiration4-reveals-mission-payload-highlights-including-the-first-ever-minted-nft-song-to-go-into-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/inspiration4-reveals-mission-payload-highlights-including-the-first-ever-minted-nft-song-to-go-into-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiration4 reveals mission payload highlights, including the first ever minted NFT song to go into space"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Song from Grammy award-winning rock band Kings of Leon one of several items to be auctioned beginning Sept. 9 to support $200 million fundraising effort for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital<\/h2>\n

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\n CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.<\/span>, Sept. 9, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0Astronauts have long brought interesting items into space, dating back to the very first Mercury mission in 1961. But with Inspiration4, the first all-civilian mission to orbit, the crew will be taking not just personal mementos but things that didn’t exist even a year ago, much less 60 years ago. Indeed, their payload will include the first-ever minted NFT song to be played in orbit, created by the Grammy Award-winning rock band Kings of Leon<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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The minted NFT, a never-before-released performance of “Time in Disguise” from the band’s newest album, is among a handful of unique items that will go into orbit and be auctioned off on YellowHeart to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital<\/a>\u00ae and its $200 million<\/span> Inspiration4 fundraising campaign to accelerate research advancements and save more children worldwide. \u00a0<\/p>\n

“We are proud to support St. Jude and its Music Gives initiative,” said Kings of Leon<\/span> in a statement, which explained that Music Gives to St. Jude Kids<\/a> is a way for bands, fans, and everyone in between to help ease the burden on St. Jude families while generating funds to support the lifesaving mission of St. Jude: Finding cures. Saving children.\u00ae<\/sup> “We’re honored to participate in this historic journey in an effort to raise money for St. Jude, and we’re sending all our best to the crew of Inspiration4.” <\/p>\n

\n Hayley Arceneaux<\/span>, Inspiration4’s Medical Officer, will play the NFT aboard the SpaceX Dragon vehicle. She is a St. Jude physician assistant and cancer survivor who will be the youngest American, the first pediatric cancer survivor, and the first person with a prosthesis to travel to space.<\/p>\n

The Inspiration4 payload auction items will also include a variety of iconic and culturally significant items donated to St. Jude, including:<\/p>\n