spacex will hopefully first orbital flight

The crew's training has lasted months and has included experiencing high G force on a centrifuge - a giant arm that rotates rapidly. She will be only the fourth African American woman to go to space. The last seat represents 'prosperity' and was offered to Sian Proctor, a 51-year-old earth science professor who, in 2009, narrowly missed out on becoming a NASA astronaut. One of the donors secured the seat of 'generosity': Chris Sembroski, 42, is a former US Air Force veteran who now works in the aviation industry. Jude's Hospital, the charitable beneficiary of Inspiration4.Įach of the four crew members was picked to represent a pillar of the mission: leadership, hope, prosperity, generosity John Kraus Inspiration4/AFP The 29-year-old was picked because she works as a Physician Assistant in Memphis for St. I learned that,' she laughed, in the documentary. 'Apparently people haven't gone there in decades. 'Are we going to the Moon?' she asked, when she was offered her spot. She will become the first person with a prosthetic to go to space. The youngest, Hayley Arceneaux, is a childhood bone cancer survivor, who represents 'hope.' In addition to Isaacman, who is the mission commander, three non-public figures were selected for the voyage via a process that was first advertised at the Super Bowl in February.Įach crew member was picked to represent a pillar of the mission. Lift-off is scheduled for Wednesday from 8:00 pm Eastern Time (0000 GMT) from launch pad 39A, at NASA's Kennedy Center in Florida, from where the Apollo missions to the Moon took off. The SpaceX flight has been chartered by American billionaire Jared Isaacman, the 38-year-old founder and CEO of payment processing company Shift4 Payment Patrick T. SpaceX has already given no fewer than ten astronauts rides to the ISS on behalf of NASA - but this will be the first time taking non-professional astronauts. In that kind of environment there's risks.' 'You're riding a rocket at 17,500 miles (28,000 kilometers) per hour around the Earth.

'The risk is not zero,' said Isaacman in an episode of a Netflix documentary about the mission. The SpaceX Crew Dragon will be flying further than the orbit of the International Space Station. The mission itself is far more ambitious in scope than the few weightless minutes Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin customers can buy. The exact price he paid SpaceX hasn't been disclosed, but it runs into the tens of millions of dollars. The SpaceX flight has been chartered by American billionaire Jared Isaacman, the 38-year-old founder and CEO of payment processing company Shift4 Payment. The 'Inspiration4' mission caps a summer that saw billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos cross the final frontier, on Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin spaceships respectively, a few days apart in July. SpaceX is set to launch four people into space Wednesday on a three-day mission that is the first to orbit the Earth with exclusively private citizens on board, as Elon Musk's company enters the space tourism fray.

Spacex will hopefully first orbital flight