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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. |
| Reddit username | Responsibilities | Currently hosting? |
|---|---|---|
| u/CAM-Gerlach | Orbit, return and recovery | ✔️ |
| u/hitura-nobad | Pre-launch and launch | ⭕ |
| Time | Update |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 2021-09-17 13:00:00 UTC | Per Space Offshore, ETA Sunday morning for this mission's booster to be back in Port Canaveral |
| 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". |
| 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 |
| 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"? |
| 2021-09-16 23:00:00 UTC | A photo was tweeted of Hayley in the Dragon cupola, but it was then swiftly deleted. |
| 2021-09-16 00:00:00 UTC | Elon also spoke to the crew and confirms all is well |
| 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. |
| 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) |
| T+4h 30m | SpaceX has shared the first video depicting Dragon's cupola |
| 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 |
| T+1h 00m | SpaceX reports the first Dragon phasing burn is complete |
| 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 |
| T+21:26 | Thanks for joining, see you for the upcoming live events |
| T+19:22 | Nosecone open |
| T+12:20 | Dragon seperation |
| T+9:44 | S1 landing confirmed |
| T+9:01 | SECO |
| T+7:39 | Entry burn |
| T+5:07 | Booster Apogee |
| T+2:55 | Second stage ignition |
| T+2:50 | Stage separation |
| T+2:43 | MECO |
| T+1:16 | Max Q |
| T-0 | Liftoff |
| T-60 | Startup |
| T-4:19 | Strongback retracting |
| T-7:00 | Engine chill |
| T-9:41 | No recycle anymore available if they have to hold |
| T-17:26 | S2 lox load started |
| T-19:52 | S2 fuel load completed |
| T-34:51 | Propellant load underway |
| T-41:14 | Closing visors and arming escape system |
| T-41:44 | crew access arm retraction completed |
| T-43:44 | Crew access arm retracting |
| T-44:56 | LD: Team is ready for launch |
| T-50:17 | GO/NOGO Poll for fueling underway |
| T-1h | Everything ontime , support crews have left 39A |
| T-1h 38m | Hatch closed and capsule leak checks completed |
| T-2h 13m | suite leak checks completed |
| T-2h 22m | seat rotation underway |
| T-2h 28m | com checks underway |
| T-2h 37m | All 4 crew members getting strapped in |
| T-2h 45m | Ingress underway |
| T-2h 56m | 2 Astronauts at the top |
| T-2h 59m | Astronauts arrived at 39A |
| T-3h 2m | Teslas departing for 39A |
| T-3h 4m | Crew walking out in suits |
| T-3h 14m | u/johnkrausphotos is Ninja 30 |
| T-3h 16m | Crew currently undergoing suitup |
| T-3h 46m | Weather currently GO for launch and recovery |
| T-4h 0m | LD comfirms currently targeting start of window |
| T-4h 9m | Crew walkout from Hangar X |
| T-4h 11m | Webcast live |
| T-9h 12m | Weather improved to 90% GO |
| 2021-09-14 21:20:46 | Manifest for Crew Dragon is growing |
| 2021-09-14 21:03:32 | Jared: Risk from Jet training higher then flight on dragon in his opinion |
| 2021-09-14 20:54:30 | 1st time 3 dragon spacecraft will be in orbit at the same time |
| 2021-09-14 20:50:19 | Weather in 3 days for return home also important criteria for launch |
| 2021-09-14 20:49:19 | LRR currently underway |
| 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.
☑️ 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
Biographies from inspiration4.com
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.
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.
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.
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.
| Link | Source |
|---|---|
| Official press kit | SpaceX |
| Inspiration4 Homepage | Inspiration4 |
| Reddit Stream | r/SpaceX |
| Dragon Tracker | SpaceX |
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Hi dear people of the subreddit! The host team is 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 we are! 🚀
| Spashdown at | Saturday Sept 18 23:06 UTC (7:06 PM EDT) Convert to your local time |
|---|---|
| Launched at | Wednesday Sept 16 00:02 UTC (Sept 15 8:02 PM EDT) |
| 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 | 2 days, 23 hours, 4 minutes (planned) |
| 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. |
| Reddit username | Responsibilities | Currently hosting? |
|---|---|---|
| u/CAM-Gerlach | Orbit, return and recovery | ✔️ |
| u/hitura-nobad | Pre-launch and launch | ⭕ |
| Time | Update |
|---|---|
| 2021-09-18 23:57:00 UTC | And that's a wrap! Its been an honor and a privilege to share this journey with you all as well. |
| 2021-09-18 23:56:11 UTC | Webcast now wrapping up |
| 2021-09-18 23:56:02 UTC | The crew will now be checked up in the medical room and be flown back to KSC by helicopter. |
| 2021-09-18 23:55:13 UTC | Jared now the last one out. |
| 2021-09-18 23:53:57 UTC | Chris now egressing the vehicle |
| 2021-09-18 23:53:42 UTC | Dr. Sian now strutting her stuff out of Dragon |
| 2021-09-18 23:50:52 UTC | Hayley now egressing the vehicle |
| 2021-09-18 23:47:29 UTC | Preparing for egress |
| 2021-09-18 23:44:54 UTC | Now opening the hatch! |
| 2021-09-18 23:41:48 UTC | Dragon is now rolled back to the egress platform |
| 2021-09-18 23:38:13 UTC | Dragon will now be rolled back into the ship in preparation for opening the hatch |
| 2021-09-18 23:37:13 UTC | Dragon is now lifted on to Go Searcher and nestled in its "nest" |
| 2021-09-18 23:35:48 UTC | Now hooking up the Dragon to the crane on Go Searcher |
| 2021-09-18 23:28:40 UTC | Rigging complete, 5 minutes to capsule lift |
| 2021-09-18 23:24:51 UTC | Crews are installing the rigging to lift the Dragon onto GO Searcher |
| 2021-09-18 23:13:10 UTC | Personnel now around the capsule |
| 2021-09-18 23:11:10 UTC | Personnel now approaching the capsule |
| 2021-09-18 23:07:46 UTC | Fast boats now on their way |
| 2021-09-18 23:07:00 UTC | Splashdown! |
| 2021-09-18 23:04:20 UTC | Chutes unreefed! |
| 2021-09-18 23:04:01 UTC | Main chute deploy! Four good chutes. |
| 2021-09-18 23:03:15 UTC | Drouge chute deploy! Two good drogues. |
| 2021-09-18 23:02:20 UTC | Bracing for drogues |
| 2021-09-18 23:01:36 UTC | Getting ready for drogue deploy |
| 2021-09-18 23:01:12 UTC | We have comms!!! |
| 2021-09-18 23:00:52 UTC | We should be getting comms back any moment now |
| 2021-09-18 23:00:03 UTC | Now getting a view of dragon re-entering on the WB-57 thermal camera! |
| 2021-09-18 22:55:51 UTC | We are now in comm blackout at 80 km. We should come out of it in around 4 minutes 35 seconds. |
| 2021-09-18 22:53:29 UTC | Dragon is starting to experience some acceleration from the atmosphere at a 100 km altitude. About to enter comm blackout. |
| 2021-09-18 22:51:58 UTC | Two minutes to comm blackout. Dragon is now in initial entry attitude. |
| 2021-09-18 22:49:28 UTC | Entry preparations are complete and visors are now. For minutes and thirty seconds to comm blackout, expected to come out of it at 23:00 UTC. |
| 2021-09-18 22:48:28 UTC | Crew now completing entry preparations |
| 2021-09-18 22:46:23 UTC | Now 200 km in altitude |
| 2021-09-18 22:43:43 UTC | Everything is nominal and weather looks good. |
| 2021-09-18 22:40:12 UTC | Nose cone confirmed secure for entry. |
| 2021-09-18 22:37:49 UTC | Nose cone closure should be complete around now. Ten minutes to communications blackout. |
| 2021-09-18 22:32:09 UTC | Now closing the nosecone. It should take about 4 minutes, and about 20 minutes to re-entry. |
| 2021-09-18 22:31:53 UTC | De-orbit burn is complete and nominal! Next is nosecone closure, so wave goodbye to the cupola cam views. |
| 2021-09-18 22:28:51 UTC | Dragon is committed to re-entry. About three minutes remaining on the de-orbit burn. |
| 2021-09-18 22:21:37 UTC | Around 5 minutes into the de-orbit burn, 10 more to go. |
| 2021-09-18 22:20:28 UTC | Amazing view from the cupola cam; de-orbit burn should be happening now-ish. |
| 2021-09-18 22:12:58 UTC | Successful Dragon trunk jettison! De-orbit burn coming up next. |
| 2021-09-18 22:10:18 UTC | De-orbit sequence start! First the Claw will release, then the trunk, and then the de-orbit burn will commence. |
| 2021-09-18 22:00:46 UTC | Webcast is live! |
| 2021-09-18 20:30:00 UTC | Per SpaceX, the crew is suited up, and splashdown weather is looking good for 23:06 UTC today, two and a half hours from now. SpaceX's livestream will go live about an hour before. |
| 2021-09-18 18:30:00 UTC | SpaceX captured spectacular video of an orbital moonrise from Dragon's cupola. What I would give for a simple cupola-cam live stream... |
| 2021-09-18 16:00:0 UTC | SpaceX shared some more photos from the cupola cam of the crew taking in the views, and Inspiration4 shared a video of Chris taking photos in it. |
| 2021-09-18 02:38:00 UTC | SpaceX has shared a video of an orbital sunset from Dragon's cupola |
| 2021-09-18 00:17:00 UTC | Per Space TFRs all but the Melbourne-area TFRs have been cancelled, and Dragon is now confirmed to be planning a Cape spashdown only a few dozen kilometers from its launch site. |
| 2021-09-18 00:00:00 UTC | SpaceX has announced the webcast link for spashdown and recovery, as well as an updated timeline. |
| 2021-09-17 23:20:00 UTC | Per SpaceX, the second final burn is complete, and the spacecraft is now orbiting at a 365 km altitude. It will become the first Dragon to splash down in the Atlantic, after previous capsules returned to the Pacific (Dragon 1) and the Gulf (Dragon 2). |
| 2021-09-17 22:45:00 UTC | Per SpaceX, Dragon completed the first of two burns to lower the spacecraft's altitude to 365 km to prepare for re-entry tomorrow |
| 2021-09-17 22:45:00 UTC | Per Inspiration4, the crew released their menu of foods eaten while onboard. Among the items: cold pizza, which Elon promised would have a warmer (and free WiFi) next time. |
| 2021-09-17 21:45:00 UTC | Per SpaceX, splashdown confirmed to be targeted for 23:06 UTC (7:06 pm EDT) Saturday |
| 2021-09-17 21:45:00 UTC | Per SpaceX, "Dragon will perform two burns tonight to reduce the spacecraft’s altitude to ~365km and line up the ground track with the landing site" |
| 2021-09-17 21:30:00 UTC | Missed it earlier, but per NYSE, the crew rung the Wall Street closing bell from orbit, along with talking with Tom Cruise, making poker bets, and other promotional activities. |
| 2021-09-17 21:11:47 UTC | That's all for the stream, folks. We'll continue to bring you live updates as they are available. |
| 2021-09-17 21:11:38 UTC | We're back to Andy Tran, who confirms that splashdown is indeed still scheduled for around "4 pm PT Saturday", or around 23 UTC (7 pm EDT) |
| 2021-09-17 21:10:28 UTC | Jared now starting to wrap things up. Says the astronauts are spending most of their time on science, raising awareness and ukekele playing. |
| 2021-09-17 21:09:41 UTC | Now showing off more microgravity tricks, showing off water spinning in microgravity |
| 2021-09-17 21:09:16 UTC | Jared introducing the zero-G indicator and now Hayley telling about it. Its a goldren retriever dog that St. Jude uses to help comfort kids through their many difficult procedures. |
| 2021-09-17 21:08:11 UTC | Whole crew looks very happy and healthy. Its really awesome to see (more or less) regular people floating around in microgravity. |
| 2021-09-17 21:07:49 UTC | Hayley loves spinning. That's a good trick. |
| 2021-09-17 21:07:19 UTC | Hayley now showing off some tricks in microgravity |
| 2021-09-17 21:06:53 UTC | Beautiful music by Chris on the ukelele! |
| 2021-09-17 21:06:23 UTC | Chris now showing off his ukulele, and now playing a little |
| 2021-09-17 21:05:27 UTC | Sian now showing us some of her art she drew in space, including the Dragon capsule being carried to space by a Dragon |
| 2021-09-17 21:05:25 UTC | Medical Officer Hayley talking about some of the other biomedical sampling activities |
| 2021-09-17 21:05:01 UTC | Now showing off some of the science experiments, including the portable ultrasound. |
| 2021-09-17 21:03:53 UTC | Its dark outside so kinda hard to see with the glare, but we could see an aurora and night lights |
| 2021-09-17 21:02:34 UTC | First, Jared's going to take us up into the Cupola to show us the live views from space |
| 2021-09-17 21:01:58 UTC | Now passing the mic around to each talk about what they are going to share |
| 2021-09-17 21:01:32 UTC | Hayley hanging "upside down", love it |
| 2021-09-17 21:01:03 UTC | Crew is live! |
| 2021-09-17 20:59:27 UTC | Standing by to hear from the crew |
| 2021-09-17 20:56:45 UTC | Andy Tran now summarizing the mission so far |
| 2021-09-17 20:56:10 UTC | The stream is now live! |
| 2021-09-17 20:51:21 UTC | Pre-stream music has started! |
| 2021-09-17 20:50:14 UTC | Livestream is counting down toward a start time of 20:55 UTC |
| 2021-09-17 19:00:00 UTC | TFRs are out for potential landing sites near Jacksonville, Tampa, Tallahasee, Daytona, Pensacola and Panama City with re-entry and landing between 07:10 and 08:00 UTC (3:10 - 4:00 am EDT). Per Space Offshore, GO Navigator is near Panama City and GO Searcher is near Daytona. |
| 2021-09-17 18:30:00 UTC | Per St. Jude, Hayley gave St. Jude patients a tour of the cupola, with a full video later posted. |
| 2021-09-17 18:00:00 UTC | We're now live with you on this thread, to cover further on-orbit events including the live webcast, as well as the re-entry and landing. I ( u/CAM-Gerlach ) backfilled a few recent events from the other thread, since I was again delayed updating it due to internet issues. |
| 2021-09-17 18:00:00 UTC | Per SpaceX. there will be a livestream update from the crew around 21:00 UTC today. |
| 2021-09-17 16:00:00 UTC | Per Eric Berger, expect more content today, and there is no blanket prohibition on video from orbit due to Neflix |
| 2021-09-17 13:00:00 UTC | Per Space Offshore, ETA Sunday morning for this mission's booster to be back in Port Canaveral |
| Stream | Courtesy |
|---|---|
| SpaceX On Orbit Crew Update | SpaceX |
| SpaceX Spashdown Webcast | SpaceX |
Note: SpaceX is not live streaming most of the orbital phase of this mission; the (many) channels claiming to do so are scams, and should be reported as such. Thanks.
Biographies from inspiration4.com
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.
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.
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.
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.
| Link | Source |
|---|---|
| Official press kit | SpaceX |
| Inspiration4 Homepage | Inspiration4 |
| Reddit Stream | r/SpaceX |
| Dragon Tracker | SpaceX |
| Splashdown Time Converter | u/paul_wi11iams |
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
