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The mission launched the Crew Dragon Resilience on 16 September 2021 at 00:02:56 UTC [a] from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A atop a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. It placed the Dragon capsule into a low Earth orbit. [4] The mission ended on 18 September 2021 at 23:06:49 UTC, [4] when Resilience splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Inspiration4 crew wrapped up the first all-civilian privately-funded trip to orbit and plunged back to Earth Saturday, dropping out of a hazy sky for a picture-perfect sunset splashdown in the ...
The mission was operated by SpaceX, on board an autonomous Crew Dragon spacecraft launched by a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. [25] [26] In August 2021, the crew of Inspiration4, including Isaacman, was featured on the cover of a Time magazine double issue. [27] On September 15, 2021 (UTC), Inspiration4 launched and achieved orbit.
Hayley Arceneaux (born December 4, 1991) is an American physician assistant and commercial astronaut.She joined billionaire Jared Isaacman on SpaceX's first private spaceflight Inspiration4, which launched on September 16, 2021, 00:02:56 UTC, and successfully water-landed local-time on Saturday, September 18. [3]
The all-civilian SpaceX crew of the Inspiration4 gushed about their "awe-inspiring" trip to orbit last week in an exclusive interview on the TODAY show.
The spacecraft — named “Resilience” by the NASA astronauts onboard its first trip to space in November 2020, called Crew-1 — flew the 2021 Inspiration 4 mission. That trip, also funded by ...
Sian Hayley "Leo" Proctor (March 28, 1970) is an American commercial astronaut, geology professor, artist, author, and science communicator.She became the first female commercial spaceship pilot and the first artist selected to go to be an astronaut on the all-civilian Inspiration4 orbital spaceflight, 15 September 2021.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Four private astronauts blasted into space early on Tuesday in a modified SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, kicking off the company's five-day Polaris Dawn mission, which aims to ...