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    SpaceX / Inspiration4 Crew Dragon mission (opening Dragon's glass cupola)

    Wow....

    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


    Inspiration4 - Home
    https://www.inspiration4.com/
    The First All-Civilian Mission To Space


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    Join The First All-CivilianMission To Space

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    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.
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    Everyday Astronaut @Erdayastronaut
    Woah!!!! This mission will have two people from Saint Judes Children’s Hospital, including a front line worker and a person from the general public!! :surprised: This is going to be amazing. They’re going to fundraise $200 million to donate to the hospital. Wow. This incredible!

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    https://twitter.com/Erdayastronaut/status/1356365733064830976
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  • #2
    Crew Dragon's next crewed mission...

    ...and SpaceX will install a large glass cupola in the docking hatch so the passengers can have a panoramic view.

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    NET September 15, 2021

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    https://twitter.com/inspiration4x/status/1385597947602034689
    Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 23 April 2021, 18:49.
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    • #3
      In training, on schedule, with more civilian Crew Dragon missions coming up...

      Inspiration4 @inspiration4x
      Generosity, Prosperity, Leadership, and Hope.

      All smiles for our #Inspiration4 crew during Dragon simulations at @SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

      @ChrisSembroski, @DrSianProctor, @rookisaacman, @ArceneauxHayley

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      https://twitter.com/inspiration4x/status/1416078274623594496
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      • #4
        Inspiration4

        The first all civilian orbital mission

        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

        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, likely 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, which was a fundraiser for Make-a-Wish)

        Pilot: Dr. Sian Proctor (geology professor, Civil Air Patrol, NASA HI-SEAS mission)

        Chief Medical Officer: Hayley Arceneaux (Physians Assistant at St. Jude's)

        Mission specialist: Christopher Sembroski (Lockheed-Martin engineer)

        Netflix coverage trailer


        Haley in Crew Dragon's cupola
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        Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 3 September 2021, 14:48.
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        • #5
          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
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          • #6
            The Netflix documentaries are, so far, very well done.

            E2 introduces the crew & families, and goes into the risks including loss of crew like Challenger & Co!cumbia.

            Netflix ✓ @netflix
            On Sept 6, you’ll meet the four civilians going into space.
            On Sept 13, you’ll see them prepare.
            On Sept 15, you’ll watch the live launch
            On Sept 30, you’ll be in space alongside them

            Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission To Space takes off next week

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            https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1433444639311237126
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            • #7
              Flying today (Sept 15) to a 575 km orbit, higher than the ISS, and the largest single-piece window ever flown (Cupola)

              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.
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              https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1438006203712356353


              SpaceX webcast
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              • #8
                Netflix webcast, hosted by Karamo Brown and Soledad O’Brien.


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                • #9
                  Inspiration4 tracking...

                  Technical details for satellite INSPIRATION-4
                  https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=49220
                  INSPIRATION-4 is a human spaceflight mission, operated by SpaceX on behalf of Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman. The mission launched on 16 September 2021 from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A atop a twice-flown Falcon 9 launch vehicle, injecting the Dragon capsule into low Earth orbit....
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                  • #10
                    SpaceX ✓ @SpaceX
                    The @inspiration4x crew is set to return to Earth on Saturday, September 18 with a targeted splashdown at 7:06 p.m. EDT in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida

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                    https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1438981920252055555
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                    • #11
                      Inspiration4 sp!ashdown coverage
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                      • #12
                        Splashdown video

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                        https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1439365668952940545
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                        • #13
                          Donation goal met: $210 million

                          Musk put them over the top with $50 million

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                          https://twitter.com/StJudePLAYLIVE/status/1439415659713253376
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                          • #14
                            Inspiration4 crew opening the cupola hatch. Check their faces...
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