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SpaceX Inspiration4
Resilience at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A. (November 2020)
Names
  • Inspiration4
  • Inspiration 4
  • Inspirati④n
Mission typeSpace tourism
Operator
COSPAR ID2021-084A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.49220Edit this on Wikidata
Websitehttps://inspiration4.com/
Mission duration"Several days" (planned)[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftCrew Dragon Resilience
Spacecraft typeCrew Dragon
ManufacturerSpaceX
Crew
Crew size4
Members
Start of mission
Launch date21 October 2021 (tentative)[4]
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5
Launch siteKSC, LC-39A
ContractorSpaceX
End of mission
Landing siteAtlantic Ocean
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
File:Inspiration4 Patch Art.png
Inspiration4 mission patch

SpaceX Inspiration4 (Inspiration4 or Inspiration 4, stylized as Inspirati④n) is a planned SpaceX Crew Dragon mission to low Earth orbit operated by SpaceX on behalf of Jared Isaacman. The flight is tentatively scheduled to launch on 21 October 2021.[4] With four crew members aboard Crew Dragon Resilience,[1][2] Inspiration4 will be the first crewed space mission to fly with only private citizens on board.[5][6][7]

Background

On 1 February 2021, SpaceX announced plans to launch Inspiration4 during the 4th quarter of 2021.[8] A tentative launch date is scheduled for 21 October 2021.[4]

Crew

As an experienced pilot, including qualification in multiple military jets,[9][10] and as the financial backer for the flight, Jared Isaacman will also be the flight's commander. Isaacman purchased two other seats for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. One seat will be filled by Hayley Arceneaux, 29 years, a St. Jude employee and former bone cancer patient, now a physician's assistant at St. Jude Hospital.[3] The other will be raffled off as part of an effort to raise over US$200 million for the hospital.[11] The fourth crew member will be an entrepreneur selected using a format similar to the reality television series Shark Tank.[1] The panel of judges will include Marc Benioff, Stephanie Mehta, Mark Rober, and Jon Taffer.[12]

Prime crew

Position Space traveler
Spacecraft Commander United States Jared Isaacman[11]
First spaceflight
Chief Medical Officer United States Hayley Arceneaux[3]
First spaceflight
Spaceflight Participant United States Raffle winner (TBD)[2]
Spaceflight Participant United States Shift4 Payments entrepreneur (TBD)[2]

Mission

The mission is expected to launch in Q4 2021 atop a Falcon 9 Block 5 launch vehicle from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A). Following their time in orbit, the spacecraft will return to Earth via splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.[8] Isaacman states a polar orbit would be unlikely, but that the apogee may be "notable."[13]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Inspirati4n.

References

  1. ^ a b c Chang, Kenneth (1 February 2021). "To Get on This SpaceX Flight, You Don't Have to Be Rich, Just Lucky". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Berger, Eric (1 February 2021). "SpaceX announces first "free flyer" human spaceflight". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Dunn, Marcia (22 February 2021). "Bone cancer survivor to join billionaire on SpaceX flight". AP NEWS. Archived from the original on 22 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Murdock, Jason (2 February 2021). "How to get on SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission, the first ever all-civilian space flight". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  5. ^ Davenport, Christian (25 February 2021). "As private companies erode government's hold on space travel, NASA looks to open a new frontier". Washington Post. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  6. ^ Chow, Denise (1 February 2021). "SpaceX announces first mission to space with all-civilian crew". NBC News. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  7. ^ Burghardt, Thomas (1 February 2021). "SpaceX announces Inspiration4, all-civilian space mission in support of St Jude's Hospital". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  8. ^ a b "SpaceX to Launch Inspiration4 Mission to Orbit". SpaceX. 1 February 2021. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  9. ^ Segran, Elizabeth (13 April 2015). "Meet The Fighter-Jet-Flying 32-Year-Old On Top Of The Payments Industry". Fast Company. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  10. ^ Tognini, Giacomo (7 October 2020). "Meet The New Billionaire Who Dropped Out of High School and Flies Fighter Jets for Fun". Forbes. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  11. ^ a b Leinfelder, Andrea (1 February 2021). "SpaceX, tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman invite the public to apply for ride into space". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  12. ^ Bianco, Brian (24 February 2021). "Inspiration4 Reveals Panel of Influential Judges to Select Entrepreneur to Join First All-Civilian Mission to Space". businesswire.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  13. ^ @rookisaacman (24 February 2021). "Saving specifics for a future website update. Think polar orbit pretty unlikely at this point, even though it would have been pretty amazing. I do think apogee will be notable" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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