Inspiration4

Also known as Inspirati④n, Inspiration 4, Inspirati4n

Inspiration4 (stylized as Inspirati④n) was a 2021 human spaceflight operated by SpaceX on behalf of Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman. The mission launched the Crew Dragon Resilience on September 16, 2021, at 00:02:56 UTC from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A atop a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. It placed the Dragon capsule into a low Earth orbit. The mission ended on September 18, 2021, at 23:06:49 UTC, when Resilience splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Key facts

Spaceflight.name: Inspiration4
Spaceflight.image: Inspiration4 Launch (210915-F-CG053-1004).jpg
Spaceflight.image_caption: Launch of Inspiration4 on a Falcon 9
Spaceflight.mission_type: Private spaceflight
Spaceflight.operator: SpaceX
Spaceflight.manufacturer: SpaceX
Spaceflight.launch_date: September16, 2021, 00:02:56UTC (September15, 10:02:56pmEDT)
Spaceflight.launch_rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5 B1062-3
Spaceflight.launch_site: Kennedy, LC39A
Spaceflight.landing_date: September18, 2021, 23:06:49UTC (07:06:49pmEDT)
Spaceflight.landing_site: Atlantic Ocean, near Cape Canaveral, Florida ()
Spaceflight.orbit_reference: Geocentric orbit
Spaceflight.orbit_regime: Low Earth orbit
Spaceflight.orbit_inclination: 51.6°
Spaceflight.orbit_period: 96.2 minutes
Spaceflight.apsis: gee
Spaceflight.insignia: frameless|upright=0.5|alt=Inspiration4 spaceflight participant mission patch frameless|upright=0.4|alt=SpaceX mission patch
Spaceflight.insignia_caption: Inspiration4 mission patches (SpaceX patch on right)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: space tourism
Country: United States
Operator: SpaceX
Followed by: Polaris Dawn
Official website: inspiration4.com
Image: Inspiration4 crew visits NASA's JSC (cropped).jpg
Significant event: splashdown

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space launch vehicle: Falcon 9 Block 5
start point: Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
vessel: Resilience
launch contractor: SpaceX
Commons category: Inspiration4
type of orbit: low Earth orbit
location of landing: Atlantic Ocean
orbital inclination: 51.6
UTC date of spacecraft launch: 2021-09-16
UTC date of spacecraft landing: 2021-09-18
crew members: Christopher Sembroski
recovered by: Megan
social media followers: 5670
funder: Jared Isaacman

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections

Contents

Trip and crew
Spacecraft
Flight
Orbital altitude
Media coverage
See also
Notes
References
External links

The trip was the first orbital spaceflight with only private citizens aboard and was part of a charitable effort on behalf of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Isaacman was named mission commander. The hospital selected two commercial astronauts: cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux and military veteran Christopher Sembroski. Shift4 selected entrepreneur Sian Proctor, who was named pilot.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Inspiration4” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.