News Archive / Tagged: inspiration4

• Billionaire plans more trips to space under the Polaris Program

  Theresa CrossFebruary 14th, 2022

  Jared Isaacman is going back to space, securing three future missions with SpaceX designated as the Polaris Program, which is named after the North Star.

• Inspiration4 crew shares experiences after historic mission

  Cullen DesforgesOctober 4th, 2021

  In the weeks following the splashdown of the Inspiration4 mission, the four crew members have become national celebrities in their own right.

• Inspiration4 crew returns home, meets St. Jude fundraising goals

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 19th, 2021

  Three days after riding a rocket into space, the Inspiration4 crew return to Earth inside their Crew Dragon Resilience capsule.

• Inspiration4 crew ‘healthy, happy’ after first days in space

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 17th, 2021

  Since their launch two days ago, the Inspiration4 crew has settled in and begun working on their scientific research while making calls to St. Jude patients.

• Inspiration4 soars into orbit with 4 non-professional astronauts

  Matt HaskellSeptember 15th, 2021

  Less than eight months after its announcement, the all-private civilian Inspiration4 mission has launched into orbit.

• Inspiration4 set for 1st all-private civilian orbital spaceflight

  Matt HaskellSeptember 13th, 2021

  Inspiration4, the first all-private civilian orbital spaceflight, is set to launch four ordinary people on a three-day trip circling Earth.

• Profiles of Inspiration4: Chris Sembroski flying to space in the ‘generosity’ seat

  Michael McCabeSeptember 12th, 2021

  Chris Sembroski, an engineer from Washington state, is set to fly to space in less than a week as part of the Inspiration4 mission.

• Profiles of Inspiration4: Sian Proctor to fulfil her dream to fly into space

  Theresa CrossSeptember 11th, 2021

  Having won an entrepreneurship competition earlier this year, Sian Proctor is set to become the first black female pilot of a spacecraft when she flies into space on the Inspiration4 mission.

• Profiles of Inspiration4: Hayley Arceneaux set to be the youngest American in orbit

  Michael McCabeSeptember 10th, 2021

  The first person announced to join Jared Isaacman for the Inspiration4 mission was Hayley Arceneaux, a childhood cancer survivor and current St. Jude Children's Research Hospital employee.

• Profiles of Inspiration4: Jared Isaacman and a trip to space

  Cullen DesforgesSeptember 9th, 2021

  SpaceX is less than a week away from making history by launching the Inspiration4 mission, the first all-private citizen flight into Earth orbit.

• Orbital space tourism poised to take off later this year

  Theresa CrossMay 26th, 2021

  Within a span of about six months, a dozen new spaceflight participants could fly into orbit on four space tourism flights beginning as early as September.

• Final crew members named for ‘all-civilian’ Inspiration4 mission

  Theresa CrossMarch 30th, 2021

  Billed as the first "all-civilian" trip into space, the full crew complement of the Inspiration4 mission has been revealed.

• Inspiration4 mission names 2nd crew member

  Cullen DesforgesFebruary 25th, 2021

  Cancer survivor and frontline healthcare worker for St. Jude, Hayley Arceneaux, will join Jared Isaacman as part of the four-person Inspiration4 crew.

• SpaceX teams up with St Jude & Shift4 to offer free trip to space

  Matt HaskellFebruary 7th, 2021

  In a surprise announcement on Monday, February 1, and scheduled to be brought to the masses through a Super Bowl ad, SpaceX has announced the first all civilian mission of their Dragon spacecraft, helmed by billionaire Jared Isaacman, in financial support of St. Jude.