SpaceX greenlighted for launching four civilians into space next week
(MENAFN- NewsBytes) The crew of four led by the 38-year old billionaire comprises Hayley Arceneaux (physician assistant at St. Jude Hospital), Dr. Sian Proctor (trained pilot and geoscientist), and Chris Sembroski (Air Force veteran and Lockheed Martin employee). Arceneaux is a bone cancer survivor who had a part of her femur replaced by a metal rod at the age of 10.
Historic crew Two participants were chosen from competition, fundraiser
Arceneaux is also set to be the youngest American to journey to space 29-year old Arceneaux will become the first space traveler with a prosthetic body part. Dr. Proctor won her spot on the flight by winning a competition conducted by Shift4 Payments. Participants had to create e-commerce stores and tweet why they wanted to fly to space. Sembroski was chosen for the Inspiration4 mission from 72,000+ entries received in a fundraising campaign for St. Jude Hospital.
Mission details The crew of four will orbit Earth for three days
Dr. Proctor is an educator. Her father worked at NASA's tracking station during Apollo missions Isaacman will command the mission and pilot the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Dr. Proctor will serve as Mission Pilot and backup commander. Sembroski will be the Mission Specialist tasked with managing payload, science experiments, and communications with mission control. Meanwhile, Arceneaux will serve as Medical Officer. The capsule is expected to orbit Earth for three days at an altitude of nearly 540km.
Do you know? Netflix releases trailer for documentary chronicling Inspiration4's journey
Netflix has released the trailer for a five-part docuseries titled Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space chronicling the epic journey. Directed by Emmy award winner Jason Hehir, it is billed as Netflix's first docuseries to cover events in near real-time. The streaming starts on September 6.
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