SpaceX is ready to launch to orbit its “historic first all-civilian human spaceflight mission” – Inspiration4 – on September 15. While taking to Twitter, the mission team said that SpaceX and Inspiration4 completed flight readiness review and is on target for launch. The mission will explode from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
A crew of 4 civilians will strap into a Crew Dragon Spacecraft and that they will explode on a three-day journey round the Earth. SpaceX in February had announced that the charity-driven mission are going to be commanded by Billionaire Jared Issacman, who is that the founding father of Shift4 Payment. The Inspiration4 crew – consisting of Mission Commander Jared Isaacman, Mission Pilot Dr Sian Proctor, medic Hayley Arceneaux, and Mission Specialist Chris Sembroski – are scheduled to arrive in Florida on Thursday to start final preparations for his or her mission.
The exact liftoff time are going to be determined few days before the launch. consistent with a press note, the team will narrow the 24-hour launch window right down to five hours, taking under consideration the weather at the launch site, the flight trajectory and at potential forced landing sites off the Florida coast. Once within the orbit, the crew will then circle the world every 90 minutes along a customized flight path.
The Dragon will stay free-flying in orbit and it’ll not visit the International space platform , as previous Crew Dragon missions have done. Therefore, the docking port of the capsule has been removed and replaced with a dome window which was inspired by the Cupola on the ISS. The window will provide the crew with incredible views of Earth. After completing the three-day mission, the Crew Dragon Capsule will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere for water landing off the coast of Florida.
Meanwhile, it’s worth mentioning that Issacman had purchased the flight as a part of an attempt to boost millions for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. With this mission, the team aims to send a humanitarian message of possibility while representing a replacement era for human spaceflight and exploration. “Isaacman has donated the three mission seats alongside him to crew members who will represent the mission pillars of leadership, hope, generosity and prosperity,” the Inspiration4 website read.