{"id":24886,"date":"2021-08-23T23:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/inspiration4-launch-nears-as-intense-training-schedule-continues\/"},"modified":"2021-08-23T23:00:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T15:00:08","slug":"inspiration4-launch-nears-as-intense-training-schedule-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/inspiration4-launch-nears-as-intense-training-schedule-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiration4 launch nears as intense training schedule continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just weeks from launch, SpaceX has started final preparations for the crewed Inspiration4 (I4) mission. I4 will be the first free flight Crew Dragon mission and the first orbital, all private crewed mission. I4 will also be the first worldwide crewed flight that will not dock with a space station since the final Hubble servicing mission on STS-125 in May 2009.<\/p>\n

SpaceX is currently targeting the morning of September 15 to launch the flight-proven Crew Dragon Resilience<\/em> (C207) atop a flight-proven Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1062-3) from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Crew<\/p>\n

The crew of Inspiration4 is one of a kind: the first orbital spaceflight with an all-civilian, all-private crew as well as the first all-rookie orbital US crew since STS-2 in November 1981. The goal of the mission is to raise millions of dollars for St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital and their pediatric cancer research and treatment programs.<\/p>\n

Symbolizing Leadership, Jared Isaacman, founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, is the spacecraft commander for I4. Isaacman started Shift4 when he was 16 years old. In 2004, at the age of 21, he took flying lessons and became a pilot; after years of training, he is certified to fly commercial and military aircraft. He has set several world records and has conducted over 100 airshows. <\/p>\n

Symbolizing Hope, Hayley Arceneaux, a Physician Assistant at St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital, will be the Chief Medical Officer for I4. A Louisiana native, she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a bone cancer, at age 10 and was treated at St. Jude. She now works at the hospital with leukemia and lymphoma patients. At 29 years old, she will become the youngest American to reach orbit.<\/p>\n

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The Inspiration4 crew in the Crew Access Arm at LC-39A. (From left: Isaacman, Dr. Proctor, Arceneaux, and Sembroski (Credit: Inspiration4)<\/p>\n

Symbolizing Prosperity, Dr. Sian Proctor is a geoscientist, explorer, and science communication specialist. She will be the mission\u2019s Pilot. Born in Hag\u00e5t\u00f1a, Guam, Proctor received a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Environmental Sciences from Edinboro University in Pennsylvania. She later attended Arizona State University, earning a Master\u2019s in Geology and a Ph.D. in science education. Dr. Proctor is a geology professor at South Mountain Community College, where she also serves as the aerospace education officer for the Civil Air Patrol\u2019s Arizona Wing.<\/p>\n

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