DocM Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 SpaceX / Inspiration4 Crew Dragon mission Awareness and fundraising for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Date: Q4, 2021 Time: TBA Pad: LC-39A Booster: TBA Spacecraft: C207 "Resilience" (Crew-1) Recovery: ASDS https://www.spacex.com/updates/inspiration-4-mission/index.html https://www.inspiration4.com/ Quote Join The First All-Civilian Mission To Space > Inspiration4 is the world’s first all-civilian mission to space. The mission will be commanded by Jared Isaacman, the 37-year-old founder and Chief Executive Officer of Shift4 Payments and an accomplished pilot and adventurer. Named in recognition of the four-person crew that will raise awareness and funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, this milestone represents a new era for human spaceflight and exploration. > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 Inspiration4 gets a medical officer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 (edited) The first mission for the new Crew Dragon observation cupola will be Inspiration4, the charity mission for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. The cupola is only used when the docking port isn't required. Inspiration4 has announced its final 2 crew members, and one of them is Lockheed-Martin's Machine Fault Detection & Diagnostics Lead Christopher Sembroski. http://www.parabolicarc.com/2021/03/30/final-crew-members-named-for-private-inspiration4-crew-dragon-orbital-mission/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted September 2, 2021 Author Share Posted September 2, 2021 Update; This first all-civilian orbital space flight Raising money for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, which specializes in childhood cancers. Netflix will stream coverage of the flight. Crew members will also be doing medical research for SpaceX, the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine and investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine Crew Dragon Resilience will have an observation cupola installed in the docking port. ------------ Date: September 15, 2021 Time: TBA Pad: KSC LC-39A Crew Dragon: C207 Resilience Launch mass: 12,519 kg (27,600 lb) Booster: B1062.3 Booster recovery: ASDS A Shortfall of Gravitas Duration: 3 days Altitude: 540km (higher than ISS) Crew; Commander: Jared Isaacman (CEO of Shift4, jet pilot - shares a record for circumnavigating Earth in a light jet (fundraiser for Make-a-Wish). Pilot: Dr. Sian Proctor (geology professor, Civil Air Patrol, NASA HI-SEAS mission) Chief Medical Officer: Hayley Arceneaux, PA at St. Jude's Mission specialist: Christopher Sembroski (Lockheed-Martin engineer) Skiver 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 Flight Readiness Review passed Date: Sept. 15 Window: 0000 - 2400 Eastern Backup date: Sept. 16 Window: 0000 - 2400 Eastern Sounds like the loopy Florida weather will set T-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 (edited) Inspiration4 flies today, weather permitting. Flying to 575 km, higher than the ISS, and the largest single-piece window ever flown (Crew Dragon's Cupola) If you look closely at the Crew Dragon pad image you'll see a circle + 4 logo on Crew Dragon's left engine fairing, which looks similar to Marvel's Fantastic Four logo Quote WATCH LIVE: INSPIRATION 4 MISSION SpaceX is targeting a five-hour launch window on Wednesday, September 15, opening at 8:02 p.m. EDT (Thursday, September 16 at 00:02 UTC) for launch of the Inspiration4 mission – the world’s first all-civilian human spaceflight to orbit – aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. > You can watch the live launch webcast starting about 4 hours and 15 minutes before liftoff. Edited September 15, 2021 by DocM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 All you need to know about the difference between Jeff Bezos' ride and Crew Dragon Inspiration4 anthdci 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 So, SpaceX could end up flying more private space missions than NASA astronaut crew rotations. No wonder they're building a fleet of Crew Dragons. https://spacenews.com/commercial-spaceflight-industry-sees-inspiration4-as-a-pathfinder-but-not-a-model/ Quote Commercial spaceflight industry sees Inspiration4 as a pathfinder but not a model KIHEI, Hawaii — SpaceX’s first fully commercial Crew Dragon mission is being closely watched by both NASA and other companies in the commercial human spaceflight sector, who see it as a pathfinder for future missions but not necessity a model for them. > SpaceX has announced contracts with Axiom Space for a series of missions to and from the International Space Station as well as with Space Adventures for a Crew Dragon mission that, like Inspiration4, goes into orbit but does not dock with the ISS. “We have a growing backlog of commercial astronaut missions that we’re looking forward to performing,” Reed said at the Inspiration4 briefing. [...] “We’re gearing up to fly three, four, five, six times a year, at least,” he said later of the potential Crew Dragon flight rate. “There’s nothing that really limits our capability to launch. It’s about having rockets and Dragons ready to go.” > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 Inspiration4 tracking... https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=49220 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 (edited) Dragon has separated from the Trunk, performed a deorbit burn, and closed the nose cone. Nearing re-entry, now over the Southeast Pacific heading for splashdown off the Atlantic coast of Florida. Radio blackout in a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 Drogue chutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 Crew Dragon aboard the recovery vessel Hatch open Recovery crew inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share Posted September 19, 2021 Donation goal met: $210 million. Musk put them over the top with $50 million. Skiver 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) That's a view that'll sell a lot of civilian missions. Imagine the Space Adventures flight view: over 1,300 km up instead of just 585 km. Edited September 22, 2021 by DocM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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