#INSPIRATION 4 SERIES#
#INSPIRATION 4 TV#

The crew will also provide data and biological samples for researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The capsule also carries 365 pounds of scientific equipment, and the crew will be conducting space medicine and health experiments on behalf of the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine. The Inspiration 4 crew in a mock up of the capsules cupola.īut Inspiration4 isn’t solely about sightseeing and the overview effect. The cupola affords 360 degree views and the crew is expected to spend time taking them in, all while an external camera system captures images of their faces looking out at the planet and the blackness of space. SpaceX has replaced the usual docking ring at the nose of the capsule with a large cupola made of a single piece of plexiglass glass. The Inspiration4 Crew Dragon capsule will orbit the Earth every 90 minutes for three days at an altitude of 335 miles, flying higher than the ISS does at 254 miles.īut for the first time, the Crew Dragon capsule will not be docking at the International Space Station. What will happen during the Inspiration4 flight?

#INSPIRATION 4 SERIES#

The series has been following the lead up to the mission, with the first two episodes dropping on September 6, the third and fourth episodes scheduled to drop just prior to the launch on September 13, and the fifth and final episode dropping sometime after the launch, near the end of the month. If you want to see more Inspiration4 prior to - and after the launch - the Netflix docuseries Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space has you covered. Inspiration4: Mission to Space Netflix series

#INSPIRATION 4 TV#

You can also find live streams from Florida TV stations covering the launch, such as 10 Tampa Bay.įor those in the area willing to fork over $250 (plus tax), you can purchase the “Feel the Heat” viewing package and watch the launch in person from the Banana Creek Launch Viewing Area at Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX will be hosting a live feed of the Inspiration 4 launch on its website and YouTube channel. NASA How can you watch the Inspiration4 launch? The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, a version of which has flown NASA astronauts to the ISS, will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A, in Florida.Ī Crew Dragon capsule launches aboard a SpaceX Falon 9 rocket on May 30, 2021. Inspiration4 will launch sometime during a 5-hour window beginning at 8:02 p.m. What is the Inspiration4 launch date and start time? Whatever your views on billionaires buying their astronaut wings and whether “democratizing” space is something truly possible, the Inspiration4 mission will mark the beginning of a new mode in spaceflight. The crew of Inspiration4 won’t be the first private astronauts to fly to space on purely commercial launch vehicles and spacecraft, a distinction that goes to billionaire and Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson, or, depending on your definition of what counts as outer space, billionaire Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, in their July 11 and July 20 launches respectively.īut Inspiration4 will fly higher, faster, and longer than either Branson or Bezos, orbiting the Earth for three days as opposed to making short suborbital trips. It will be the first crewed orbital flight to launch without docking at a space station since the Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission in 2009. Within a 5-hour launch window beginning late Wednesday, SpaceX plans to launch the Inspiration4 mission, the first all civilian orbital spaceflight. This week is set to be a historic one in the annals of human spaceflight.