SpaceX Inspiration4

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 will launch in October 2021 with four crew members aboard Crew Dragon Resilience.[1][2] Inspiration4 will be the first crewed space mission to fly with only civilians on board.[3]

SpaceX Inspiration4
Resilience at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A. (November 2020)
Names
  • Inspiration4
  • Inspiration 4
  • Inspirati④n
Mission typeSpace tourism
Operator
Websitehttps://inspiration4.com/
Mission duration"Several days" (planned) [1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftResilience
Spacecraft typeCrew Dragon
ManufacturerSpaceX
Crew
Crew size4
Members
Start of mission
Launch dateQ4 2021 (planned)
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5
Launch siteKSC, LC-39A
ContractorSpaceX
End of mission
Landing siteAtlantic Ocean
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit

Inspiration4 Mission Patch
 

Background

On 1 February 2021, SpaceX announced plans to launch Inspiration4 during the 4th quarter of 2021 at the earliest.[4]

Crew

As an experienced pilot, including qualification in multiple military jets,[5][6] 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 a St. Jude representative and former cancer patient, and the other will be raffled off as part of an effort to raise over US$200 million for the hospital.[7] The fourth crew member will be an entrepreneur selected using a format similar to the reality television series Shark Tank.[1]

Prime crew
Position Space traveler
Spacecraft Commander Jared Isaacman[7]
First spaceflight
Spaceflight Participant "St. Jude ambassador" (TBA)[2]
First spaceflight
Spaceflight Participant Raffle winner (TBD)[2]
First spaceflight
Spaceflight Participant Shift4 Payments entrepreneur (TBD)[2]
First spaceflight

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.[4]

See also

References
  1. 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. 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. 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.
  4. "SpaceX to Launch Inspiration4 Mission to Orbit". SpaceX. 1 February 2021. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
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