Dr. Sian Proctor is a member of the Users’ Advisory Group and was pilot of the Inspiration4 private astronaut mission launched by SpaceX in September 2021.
Jared Isaacman is the founder of payments company Shift4 and led the Inspiration4 private astronaut mission on a Crew Dragon in 2021.
Jared Isaacman led the private Inspiration4 Crew Dragon mission in 2021.
Jared Isaacman organized the Inspiration4 private astronaut mission that spent three days in orbit in September 2021.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting the Nilesat 301 mission previously supported the launches of GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, and two Starlink missions.
The first stage that flew on the 2022-04-08 mission previously launched Inspiration4, two GPS missions, and one set of Starlink satellites.
Jared Isaacman funded and flew on the Inspiration4 Crew Dragon mission in September 2021.
Inspiration4 raised more than $240,000,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, including $100,000,000 from Jared Isaacman and $50,000,000 from Elon Musk.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster had previously launched GPS III-4, GPS III-5, and Inspiration4.
The Inspiration4 crew conducted biomedical research and took pictures in a cupola installed in the nose of the Crew Dragon during a live session on 2021-09-17.
Inspiration4 set a fundraising target of $200 million, including $100,000,000 already donated by Jared Isaacman, to be reached by February 2022.
Elon Musk’s $50,000,000 donation was not included in the Inspiration4 fundraising figures on the project website as of early 2021-09-19.
Elon Musk committed to donate $50,000,000 to Inspiration4 on 2021-09-18.
Sian Proctor served on Inspiration4 as a geoscientist and artist who won a competition affiliated with Shift4 Payments.
SpaceX planned a splashdown of the Inspiration4 Crew Dragon off the Florida coast on 2021-09-18 at 7:06 p.m. Eastern.
Inspiration4 launched on 2021-09-15 for a scheduled three-day mission.
Inspiration4 launched from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Inspiration4 is part of Jared Isaacman’s fundraising effort with a $200,000,000 fundraising goal for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Inspiration4 was announced as a mission to raise at least $200,000,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with $100,000,000 of the mission donated by Jared Isaacman.
NASA is not an operational partner on Inspiration4 but is providing satellite communications and other small resources for the mission for which SpaceX is reimbursing NASA an estimated $1,000,000.