Spacex announces allcivilian space crew professional#

The vehicle is designed to be fully autonomous, so Proctor and the rest of the crew ideally won't actually be doing any piloting, that responsibility will rest with SpaceX crews here on the ground. Isaccman will serve as the mission's commanders, with Proctor acting as his pilot, and Arceneaux and Sembroski will be mission specialists. SpaceX built the vehicle as an astronaut taxi service to ferry humans to and from the International Space Station (ISS) and other destinations. Isaacman, Arceneaux, Proctor and Sembroski are the fourth crew to ride in a Dragon capsule. Jude Children’s Research Hospital here on Earth.' Dragon riders 'We have been well-prepared for the challenges ahead of us the next three days and look forward to sharing our experience with the world as we continue to bring attention to St. 'Our crew carries the responsibility and importance of this mission as we prepare to blast off,' Isaacman said in the same statement. 'The all-civilian Inspiration4 astronauts are paving the way for a future where space is more accessible to all who wish to go, and we are so proud that they entrusted us to fly them,' SpaceX president and COO, Gwynne Shotwell said in a statement emailed to. The flight is also a foray into what SpaceX hopes will be a new era of space: one where regular people, like the crew of Inspiration4, can travel to space. More than a decade later, she is living her dream. She was a finalist in NASA's astronaut selection process in 1999 but ultimately was passed over. Proctor, whose father worked on the Apollo moon program for NASA, has always wanted to be an astronaut. The crew hopes that their mission will inspire others around the world to never give up and keep pursuing their dream of reaching for the stars.įor one crewmember in particular, this is her life's dream come true. – Why SpaceX's private Inspiration4 mission to Earth orbit is so important – Inspiration4 crew planning ultrasounds, microbe samples and more to understand health during flight – Inspiration4: When to watch and what to know Sian Proctor, a geoscientist and professor at Southern Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Arizona was ultimately selected as the winner for her efforts to sell her art and poetry. Contestants would submit videos promoting their shops, and one winner would be chosen to fly on the mission. The final seat was up for grabs as part of a shark tank-like contest, where entrepreneurs across the country could make a shop that would bring in donations for St. That winner ended up being Chris Sembroski, though he didn't technically win, one of his friends did and they gave the seat to him. Featured in a 30-second ad that aired during the Superbowl this year, the winner of this seat was drawn from a pool of donors.

The second seat was part of an auction that raised $13 million alone for St. They are (from left): Chris Sembroski, Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman and Hayley Arceneaux. The four Inspiration4 astronauts wave and give thumbs up signs to the camera inside SpaceX's Crew Dragon Resilience as they await launch atop NASA's Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. (She has a metal rod in her leg following surgery during her battle with cancer.) She is the youngest American to fly in space and the first to do so with a prosthesis. Jude, but she is also a physician's assistant working for the organization that saved her life. That lucky person is Hayley Arceneaux, who is not only a cancer survivor and former patient at St. The first seat he said would go to a frontline worker. He knew he would be using those seats to carry out his mission objective of inspiring humanity while raising money for children's cancer research. Isaacman purchased a flight on a Dragon from SpaceX for an undisclosed amount of money. To that end, the Inspiration4 mission was born. In an effort to set his mission apart from other billionaires going to space, Isaacman decided to raise money and awareness for St.

Spacex announces allcivilian space crew professional#

Ten months ago, billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman announced to the world that he would embark on a new type of spaceflight: one that didn't involve professional astronauts but carried private citizens into space.

(Image credit: John Kraus/Inspiration4) Inspiring hope The Inspiration4 mission blasts off on Sept.