r/SpaceX Inspiration-4 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
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Welcome to the r/SpaceX Inspiration-4 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
UPDATE: Please see the new live thread covering the next phase of the mission!
Hi dear people of the subreddit! The host team here as usual to bring you live updates during SpaceX's first private Crew Dragon mission.
We hope you all are excited about this mission just like us! 🚀
| Liftoff currently scheduled for: | Sept 16 00:02 UTC (Sept 15 8:02 PM EDT) |
|---|---|
| Backup date | Next day, same time |
| Static fire | Confirmed |
| Spacecraft Commander | Jared Isaacman, founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments @rookisaacman |
| Pilot | Dr. Sian Proctor, Geoscience professor @DrSianProctor |
| Mission Specialist | Hayley Arceneaux, Physician Assistant St. Jude @ArceneauxHayley |
| Mission Specialist | Chris Sembroski, Engineer @ChrisSembroski |
| Destination orbit | Low Earth Orbit, ≈575 km x 51.66° |
| Launch vehicle | Falcon 9 v1.2 Block 5 |
| Core | B1062 (Previous: 2x GPS III missions) |
| Capsule | Crew Dragon C207 "Resilience" (Previous: Crew-1) |
| Duration of mission | ≈3 days |
| Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
| Landing | ASDS: 32.15806 N, 76.74139 W (541 km downrange) |
| Mission success criteria | Successful separation and deployment of Dragon into the target orbit; orbital coast, reentry, splashdown and recovery of Dragon and crew. |
##Your host team
Reddit username | Responsibilities | Currently hosting? :--:|:--:|:--:|:--: u/CAM-Gerlach | Orbit, return and recovery | ✔️ u/hitura-nobad | Pre-launch and launch | ⭕
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Timeline
| Time | Update |
|---|---|
| [](/# MC // row 1) 2021-09-17 18:00:00 UTC | Per SpaceX. there will be a livestream update from the crew around 21:00 UTC today. Check out the new live thread for that. |
| [](/# MC // row 2) 2021-09-17 16:00:00 UTC | Per Eric Berger, expect more content today, and there is no (at least) blanket prohibition on video from orbit due to Neflix |
| [](/# MC // row 3) 2021-09-17 13:00:00 UTC | Per Space Offshore, ETA Sunday morning for this mission's booster to be back in Port Canaveral |
| [](/# MC // row 4) 2021-09-17 04:10:00 UTC | Finally, some photos of the crew in space. Per I4 twitter, they've completed 15 orbits and "made full use of the Dragon cupola". |
| [](/# MC // row 5) 2021-09-17 02:30:00 UTC | Splashdown reported by NBC to be currently scheduled for Saturday around 7 pm (Eastern/local time?), a hair under three days after launch. Jared previously confirmed that Dragon will phase down to ≈375 km before de-orbit |
| [](/# MC // row 6) 2021-09-17 01:00:00 UTC | Per SpaceX Twitter and St. Jude, the crew had a live Q&A with St. Jude patients, answering questions such as "are there cows on the moon"? |
| [](/# MC // row 7) 2021-09-16 23:00:00 UTC | A photo was tweeted of Hayley in the Dragon cupola, but it was then swiftly deleted. |
| [](/# MC // row 8) 2021-09-16 00:00:00 UTC | Elon also spoke to the crew and confirms all is well |
| [](/# MC // row 9) 2021-09-16 18:00:00 UTC | SpaceX further tweeted that they will conduct further research today as well as look out the cupola for the first time. They also confirmed an apogee of 590 km. |
| [](/# MC // row 10) 2021-09-16 18:00:00 UTC | SpaceX tweeted that the crew is "happy, healthy and resting comfortably" last night, completing preliminary research, multiple meals and 5.5 orbits (9 hours) |
| [](/# MC // row 11) T+4h 30m | SpaceX has shared the first video depicting Dragon's cupola |
| [](/# MC // row 12) T+3h 00m | SpaceX reports the second Dragon phasing burn is complete, and Dragon is now in a circular 585 km orbit, a new Dragon altitude record |
| [](/# MC // row 13) T+1h 00m | SpaceX reports the first Dragon phasing burn is complete |
| [](/# MC // row 14) T+1h 00m | This is u/CAM-Gerlach taking over from u/hitura-nobad after a delay due to (ironically) NASA's firewall blocking my connection |
| [](/# MC // row 15) T+21:26 | Thanks for joining, see you for the upcoming live events |
| [](/# MC // row 16) T+19:22 | Nosecone open |
| [](/# MC // row 17) T+12:20 | Dragon seperation |
| [](/# MC // row 18) T+9:44 | S1 landing confirmed |
| [](/# MC // row 19) T+9:01 | SECO |
| [](/# MC // row 20) T+7:39 | Entry burn |
| [](/# MC // row 21) T+5:07 | Booster Apogee |
| [](/# MC // row 22) T+2:55 | Second stage ignition |
| [](/# MC // row 23) T+2:50 | Stage separation |
| [](/# MC // row 24) T+2:43 | MECO |
| [](/# MC // row 25) T+1:16 | Max Q |
| [](/# MC // row 26) T-0 | Liftoff |
| [](/# MC // row 27) T-60 | Startup |
| [](/# MC // row 28) T-4:19 | Strongback retracting |
| [](/# MC // row 29) T-7:00 | Engine chill |
| [](/# MC // row 30) T-9:41 | No recycle anymore available if they have to hold |
| [](/# MC // row 31) T-17:26 | S2 lox load started |
| [](/# MC // row 32) T-19:52 | S2 fuel load completed |
| [](/# MC // row 33) T-34:51 | Propellant load underway |
| [](/# MC // row 34) T-41:14 | Closing visors and arming escape system |
| [](/# MC // row 35) T-41:44 | crew access arm retraction completed |
| [](/# MC // row 36) T-43:44 | Crew access arm retracting |
| [](/# MC // row 37) T-44:56 | LD: Team is ready for launch |
| [](/# MC // row 38) T-50:17 | GO/NOGO Poll for fueling underway |
| [](/# MC // row 39) T-1h | Everything ontime , support crews have left 39A |
| [](/# MC // row 40) T-1h 38m | Hatch closed and capsule leak checks completed |
| [](/# MC // row 41) T-2h 13m | suite leak checks completed |
| [](/# MC // row 42) T-2h 22m | seat rotation underway |
| [](/# MC // row 43) T-2h 28m | com checks underway |
| [](/# MC // row 44) T-2h 37m | All 4 crew members getting strapped in |
| [](/# MC // row 45) T-2h 45m | Ingress underway |
| [](/# MC // row 46) T-2h 56m | 2 Astronauts at the top |
| [](/# MC // row 47) T-2h 59m | Astronauts arrived at 39A |
| [](/# MC // row 48) T-3h 2m | Teslas departing for 39A |
| [](/# MC // row 49) T-3h 4m | Crew walking out in suits |
| [](/# MC // row 50) T-3h 14m | u/johnkrausphotos is Ninja 30 |
| [](/# MC // row 51) T-3h 16m | Crew currently undergoing suitup |
| [](/# MC // row 52) T-3h 46m | Weather currently GO for launch and recovery |
| [](/# MC // row 53) T-4h 0m | LD comfirms currently targeting start of window |
| [](/# MC // row 54) T-4h 9m | Crew walkout from Hangar X |
| [](/# MC // row 55) T-4h 11m | Webcast live |
| [](/# MC // row 56) T-9h 12m | Weather improved to 90% GO |
| [](/# MC // row 57) 2021-09-14 21:20:46 | Manifest for Crew Dragon is growing |
| [](/# MC // row 58) 2021-09-14 21:03:32 | Jared: Risk from Jet training higher then flight on dragon in his opinion |
| [](/# MC // row 59) 2021-09-14 20:54:30 | 1st time 3 dragon spacecraft will be in orbit at the same time |
| [](/# MC // row 60) 2021-09-14 20:50:19 | Weather in 3 days for return home also important criteria for launch |
| [](/# MC // row 61) 2021-09-14 20:49:19 | LRR currently underway |
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Watch the launch live
| Stream | Courtesy |
|---|---|
| SpaceX | SpaceX |
| MC Audio Channel | SpaceX |
Note: SpaceX is not live streaming the orbital phase of this mission; the (many) channels claiming to do so are scams, and should be reported as such. Thanks.
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Stats
☑️ This will be the 23rd SpaceX launch this year.
☑️ This will be the 126th Falcon 9 launch.
☑️ This will be the 3rd journey to space of the Falcon 9 first stage B1062.
☑️ 2nd Flight of C207 "Resilience"
☑️ First crewed flight on a twice used booster
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The crew
Biographies from inspiration4.com
Jared Isaacman
Commander & Benefactor Jared Isaacman is the founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments (NYSE: FOUR), the leader in integrated payment processing solutions. He started the company in 1999 from the basement of his family’s house when he was only 16 years old and has built it into an industry-leading payments technology company with over 1,200 employees. Isaacman is considered one of the industry’s most influential business leaders and has been featured by various media outlets and publications including Forbes, The Today Show, Fox Business News, ABC News, Bloomberg, Businessweek, Inc. Magazine, and Fast Company, among others.
An accomplished jet pilot, Isaacman is rated to fly commercial and military aircraft and holds several world records including two Speed-Around-The-World flights in 2008 and 2009 that raised money and awareness for the Make-a-Wish Foundation. He has flown in over 100 airshows as part of the Black Diamond Jet Team, dedicating every performance to charitable causes. In 2011, Isaacman co-founded what would become the world’s largest private air force, Draken International, to train pilots for the United States Armed Forces.
Hayley Arceneaux
Hope
When Hayley was 10 years old, one of her knees began to ache. Her doctor thought it was just a sprain, but a few months later, tests revealed Hayley suffered from osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. Her family turned to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for her treatment and care, which included chemotherapy and a limb-saving surgery. She is now finished with treatment and thriving. She obtained an undergraduate degree in Spanish in 2014, and obtained her Physician Assistant (PA) degree in 2016. She now works at St. Jude – the very place that saved her life – as a PA with leukemia and lymphoma patients.
Chris Sembroski
Generosity
Chris Sembroski grew up with a natural curiosity about outer space. Stargazing late at night on the roof of his high school and launching high-powered model rockets in college cemented this passion. As a U.S. Space Camp counselor, he conducted simulated space shuttle missions and supported STEM-based education designed to inspire young minds to explore these areas and find their passions. As a college student, Sembroski volunteered with ProSpace, a grassroots lobbying effort that promoted legislation in Washington, D.C., to help open space travel and allow companies like SpaceX to exist. He then served in the U.S. Air Force, maintaining a fleet of Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles and deploying for service in Iraq before leaving active duty in 2007. Following his education from the Air Force, Sembroski earned a B.S. in Professional Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. In his career, Sembroski has sought innovative, industry-disrupting methods to monitor and maintain mechanical equipment, making everything from data centers to hospitals more efficient. He now resides in Seattle, WA, and works in the aerospace industry.
Dr. Sian Proctor
Prosperity
Dr. Sian Proctor is a geoscientist, explorer, and science communication specialist with a lifelong passion for space exploration. She was born in Guam while her father was working at the NASA tracking station during the Apollo missions and has carried on his dedication and interest in space. She’s an analog astronaut (a person who conducts activities in simulated space conditions) and has completed four analog missions, including the all-female Sensoria Mars 2020 mission at the Hawai’i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) Habitat as well as the NASA-funded four-month Mars mission at HI-SEAS to investigate food strategies for long-duration spaceflights. Her motto is “Space2inspire,” and she encourages people to use their unique one-of-a-kind strengths and passion to inspire others. She uses her Space2inpsire Art to encourage conversations about creating a J.E.D.I. Space: a Just, Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive space for all of humanity. Dr. Proctor was recently selected as an Explorer’s Club 50: Fifty People Changing the World. She has a TEDx talk called Eat Like a Martian and published the Meals for Mars Cookbook. Dr. Proctor was a finalist for the 2009 NASA Astronaut Program. She has her pilot license, is SCUBA certified, and loves geoexploring our world. She has been a geoscience professor for over 20 years at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Arizona and is currently on reassignment as the Open Educational Resource Coordinator for the Maricopa Community College District. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science, an M.S. in Geology, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction: Science Education.
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Resources
| Link | Source |
|---|---|
| Official press kit | SpaceX |
| Inspiration4 Homepage | Inspiration4 |
| Reddit Stream | r/SpaceX |
| Dragon Tracker | SpaceX |
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Participate in the discussion!
- First of all, launch threads are party threads! We understand everyone is excited, so we relax the rules in these venues. The most important thing is that everyone enjoy themselves
- Please constrain the launch party to this thread alone. We will remove low effort comments elsewhere!
- Real-time chat on our official Internet Relay Chat (IRC) #SpaceX on Snoonet
- Please post small launch updates, discussions, and questions here, rather than as a separate post. Thanks!
- Wanna talk about other SpaceX stuff in a more relaxed atmosphere? Head over to r/SpaceXLounge
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Posted Sep 14, 2021, 4:24 PM UTC · edited