Sian Proctor, 51, is a community college professor from Tempe, Ariz. Dr. Proctor, who is African American and holds a doctorate in science education, had come close to becoming an astronaut the old-fashioned way. She said that in 2009, she was among
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off for this historical mission from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday night.
The four crew members of the Inspiration4 mission, all civilians, reached orbit. The capsule they are riding in, named Resilience, will orbit Earth for three days at an altitude of up to 360 miles.
As the four amateur astronauts head into space, the voice of Sarah Gillis will guide them into orbit. Ms. Gillis is the lead space operations engineer for SpaceX, and her job includes training the astronauts on all safety aspects and operations of
The launch could occur as early as 8:02 p.m. But the action will begin hours before that. If the schedule is similar to SpaceX’s earlier NASA astronaut flights, then about three and a half hours before the launch, the crew will begin
In addition to Jared Isaacman, the mission’s commander, there are three more astronauts aboard the flight. Hayley Arceneaux, 29, is a physician assistant at St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis. Almost two decades ago, Ms. Arceneaux, who grew up in the small
When he announced Inspiration4 in February, Mr. Isaacman said he wanted it to be more than an extraterrestrial jaunt for rich people like him. He reached out to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, which treats children at no charge and
When he announced Inspiration4 in February, Mr. Isaacman said he wanted it to be more than an extraterrestrial jaunt for rich people like him. He reached out to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, which treats children at no charge and
The Inspiration4 crew is the first spaceflight crew where none aboard are professional astronauts. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off for this historical mission from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday night.
Wading into an acrimonious debate over booster doses, researchers in Israel reported on Wednesday that a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine can prevent both infections and severe illness in adults older than 60 for at least 12 days. The study,
The launch could occur as early as 8:02 p.m. But the action will begin hours before that. If the schedule is similar to SpaceX’s earlier NASA astronaut flights, then about three and a half hours before the launch, the crew will begin