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View: https://mobile.twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1437799502077964292Asked about the Inspiration4 mission during the Humans to Mars Summit, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson calls it “another opening up of space.” NASA is not involved, but he sees is as “another example of where we’d like to go” in LEO commercialization.
Second phasing burn complete. Dragon and the @inspiration4x crew have reached a circular orbit of 585km – a new Dragon altitude record
Well, it turns out that I4 and the ISS are actually in the same plane and I4 passed witin 200 km of the ISS at 0334 UTC. Interesting!
Here's the I4/ISS separation over the next few days (until the next orbital manuever makes this data obsolete)
And here are the two orbits for the past 30 min or so, showing how well aligned they are
Eric Berger @SciGuySpace
I've had several questions about why there are no photos of Inspiration4 after orbit. It's a private mission, and their choice. Families are in regular contact and all is well. There will be some events. The video will eventually show up on Netflix. But this is not NASA, folks.
The next launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, carrying the classified USSF-44 mission, is currently scheduled for NET Oct 9, per a slide presented by Col. Chad Melone at the Small Payload Ride Share Symposium today.
The @Inspiration4x crew is healthy, happy, and resting comfortably. Before the crew went to bed, they traveled 5.5 times around Earth, completed their first round of scientific research, and enjoyed a couple of meals
After the crew wakes up today, they will conduct additional research and get their first look out of Dragon’s cupola!
Dragon continues to remain in its intended target orbit, with altitudes as high as 590km above the Earth’s surface
A very fine answer as well. It's about the humanity of our intrepid spacers, not the cash flow of an entertainment company.And now we have our answer regarding lack of coverage.
This just in from @inspiration4x Mission Control. We can confirm that St. Jude patients got to speak with the crew live this afternoon, asking the questions we all want to know like "are there cows on the moon?" Standby and follow us for more.
Congratulations to @inspiration4x and @SpaceX launch! The World is inspired by the recent entrepreneurial, exceptional, tireless efforts for the furtherance of Human SpaceFlight. I am with you in thoughts and spirit.
Says something about a commercial mission’s outreach strategy that the CEO of the company responsible for the spacecraft has to tweet “all is well.”
Our historic Ax-1 mission's crew will spend 8 days living, working & researching onboard the ISS. Preparing for their time in space starts on the ground at the @nasajohnson Space Vehicle Mockup Facility, with @CommanderMLA & pilot Larry Connor in station familiarization training.
View: https://twitter.com/commandermla/status/1438851046030336006Following more than five months of rigorous training, Larry will be history’s first private pilot to fly to the Space Station, where he intends to conduct groundbreaking research for both the Mayo and Cleveland clinics.
Having already lived on the International @Space_Station as a NASA astronaut, I'm looking forward to experiencing the #ISS as a private astronaut. I expect the schedule to be equally rigorous, as on #Ax1 we’ll be participating in research and STEM education.
Says something about a commercial mission’s outreach strategy that the CEO of the company responsible for the spacecraft has to tweet “all is well.”
Well Jeff Foust is a high profile space journalist so I suppose he would take that point of view.Says something about a commercial mission’s outreach strategy that the CEO of the company responsible for the spacecraft has to tweet “all is well.”
Indeed. It seems to be saying "this mission is not for the entertainment of the masses." And why should it be? One of these days, a married couple - or some other form of couple - will pay to go to orbit. If they want to surround themselves with GoPros and post their hijinks on The Hub, that's up to them. If they want complete privacy... that's also their right, unless you think that every high-end suite in a five-star hotel should constantly live stream the goings-on.
View: https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1438981920252055555Sounds like there will be plenty of content coming down from the crew of Inspiration4 today. Understandably, it took some time to get acclimated to space. Also, to clarify, there is no blanket prohibition on video due to any agreement with Netflix.
The @inspiration4x crew is set to return to Earth on Saturday, September 18 with a targeted splashdown at 7:06 p.m. EDT in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida
Dragon will perform two burns tonight to reduce the spacecraft’s altitude to ~365km and line up the ground track with the landing site
Best cupola views so far. Look at Dragon's nosecone!
Inspiring conversation with @Shift4Payments CEO @rookisaacman and the whole @inspiration4x crew in their goal to raise $200m for @StJude and the fight against childhood cancer from aboard the @SpaceX Dragon capsule #Inspiration4
View: https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1439006721968508928Dragon's first burn to reduce the spacecraft's altitude is complete
Second burn complete. Dragon and the @inspiration4x crew are now in the targeted 365km orbit
Family and friends of Inspiration4 took some zero gravity flights today. It was absolutely surreal and sentimental to float around in zero-g knowing that our crew was doing the same on-orbit.
Here’s a shot of me with the wonderful @AstroDocScott. So much fun!!!!
The GoPro was fun, but @GoZeroG got some much better pics. Thanks so much!
The splashdown site for Dragon is approximately 44 km offshore, near Cape Canaveral. Splashdown is set for 7:06pm ET.
Recovery ship GO Searcher will be in position, alongside the US Coastguard to keep wayward boaters away.
And now we have our answer regarding lack of coverage.
View: https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1438538774305288204
Eric Berger @SciGuySpace
I've had several questions about why there are no photos of Inspiration4 after orbit. It's a private mission, and their choice. Families are in regular contact and all is well. There will be some events. The video will eventually show up on Netflix. But this is not NASA, folks.
Look at our Mission Specialist @ChrisSembroski capturing pictures from orbit through Dragon’s cupola!
We can’t wait to see the crew’s photos and how they will inspire the world to look up to the stars.
Orbital moonrise
February 18, 2020
— A new commercial space mission will fly its passengers higher in Earth orbit than ever before, achieving an altitude last reached by Gemini astronauts more than 50 years ago.
Space Adventures, the only space tourism company to send its clients to the International Space Station, announced on Tuesday (Feb. 18) a new partnership with SpaceX to launch privately-funded customers on the first Crew Dragon free-flyer mission. The spaceflight, targeted for late 2021 to mid-2022, will not dock at the space station, but rather it will circle around Earth at an altitude two to three times greater than the orbiting laboratory.
"Creating unique and previously impossible opportunities for private citizens to experience space is why Space Adventures exists," Eric Anderson, the company's chairman, said in a statement. "This Dragon mission will be a special experience and a once in a lifetime opportunity — capable of reaching twice the altitude of any prior civilian astronaut mission or space station visitor."