By Entrepreneur Staff
September 15, 2021 is the scheduled date for the launch of the Inspiration4 mission, the first to send a ship occupied only by civilians into space. The space travel aboard a rocket from SpaceX, Elon Musk’s aerospace company, will be broadcast on Netflix in “near real time.”The first two episodes will premiere on Friday, Sep. 6, and will focus on introducing the four members of the crew.
On Sep. 13, the next two chapters will be available and will deal with the long months of training and the final preparations before the flight. The launch will be streamed live from Netflix’s YouTube channel.
The last episode will premiere in late Sep., “just a few days after” the mission ends, Netflix said in a statement.
This final chapter will follow the “almost in real time” journey from the launch of the spacecraft to its return to Earth. The platform promises “unprecedented access” to the mission, as it will feature images from inside the spacecraft during the three-day journey.
What You Need to Know About the Inspiration4 Mission
On Sep. 15, the SpaceX Dragon capsule will be launched by a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Fla., United States.American billionaire Jared Isaacman, 38, funded the project. In addition to owning a financial company, the tycoon is also an enthusiastic pilot and space explorer, so he will go aboard the rocket and offered the other places to three companions.
Those chosen to go with Isaacman into space are Hayley Arceneaux, 29, a survivor of pediatric cancer; Chris Sembroski, 41, a former U.S. Air Force officer; and Sian Proctor, a 51-year-old teacher.
The four non-professional crew members will take off in Elon Musk’s spacecraft, spend three days orbiting Earth beyond the altitude of the ISS and return to Earth.
The SpaceX spacecraft has already transported astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA. Also, other untrained tourists have already been in space, but were accompanied by professional astronauts. However, the Inspiration4 mission will be the first not to include any professional astronauts, and its crew will be made up entirely of civilian tourists.
