While "Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space" is labeled a documentary series, it is more akin to reality television than a Ken Burns film. But since this mission isn't going to the ISS, SpaceX replaced the adapter with a special clear cupola to offer the crew panoramic views. space) for all of humanity."Ī normal SpaceX mission calls for the Dragon capsule to dock with the ISS and features a special adapter for the docking. An analog astronaut (a person who conducts activities in simulated space conditions), Proctor combines art and poetry at her Space2Inspire website to encourage a "Just, Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive space (J.E.D.I.
Sian Proctor, 51, the daughter of an Apollo-era NASA worker, will ride in the Prosperity seat, awarded to an entrepreneur based on short videos posted to Twitter. Sembroski won his seat via a raffle among contributors to St. Chris Sembroski, a 42-year-old data engineer for Lockheed Martin, will ride in the Generosity seat. Jude, where she was treated for bone cancer as a child. Hayley Arceneaux, 29, who is riding in the Hope seat, is a physician assistant at St. Isaacman will ride in the "Leadership" seat. Isaacman is basing Inspiration4 around four "mission pillars:" Leadership, Hope, Generosity, and Prosperity, with each represented by a seat in the Dragon capsule. Jude, $100 million of which he has pledged himself. Isaac said he hopes to raise $200 million for St. Isaacman is paying SpaceX an undisclosed amount for the flight, which he is using to raise money for St. He is also an aviation enthusiasts who is qualified to fly military fighter jets. Jared Isaacman is a 38-year-old billionaire who dropped out of school at 16 to start his internet company Shift4 Payments. A billionaire is paying for itĮvery private space flight to date has had a billionaire signing the checks and this one is no different. The trip will be fully automated none of the crew will ever have control of the spacecraft.īest seat on the coast: SpaceX launch: Where to see Inspiration4 crew liftoff from Space Coast, Treasure Coast, Volusia County 2. But instead of heading to the ISS, they will orbit the Earth for three days before splashing down somewhere in the waters off Florida. They will launch in a Dragon capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket, the same setup SpaceX uses to ferry NASA astronauts to the ISS. The crew of Inspiration4 are four private citizens who never even met until a few months ago. Both Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin have recently taken private citizens up on short "hops" to the edge of space and back in missions that lasted less than an hour. It's the first all-private orbital space flight.Ī handful of space tourists have taken trips to the International Space Station via Russian Soyuz rockets. 
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Here are five things you need to know about Inspiration4, as the mission has been dubbed. It will launch from Launch Complex 39-A at Kennedy Space Center, the same pad from which Apollo 11 launched to the moon. The five-hour launch window opens at 8 p.m. But Wednesday night it hopes to do something unprecedented in the history of space flight: Launch four ordinary citizens into orbit without any professional astronauts along for the ride. SpaceX has been launching rockets from the Space Coast for years, and began launching humans to space last year.
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