The crew of
#Inspiration4
had an incredible first day in space! They’ve completed more than 15 orbits around planet Earth since liftoff and made full use of the Dragon cupola.
Jared, Sian, Chris, and Hayley visiting the Falcon 9 booster that rocketed them into space and completed a successful landing aboard
@SpaceX
's Just Read the Instructions droneship.
Our
#Inspiration4
crew has completed astronaut training at
@SpaceX
’s headquarters in Hawthorne, CA and is en route to Kennedy Space Center in Florida for final preparations and launch!
Our
#Inspiration4
crew took many amazing photos in space during their three-day mission, including this out-of-this-world selfie!
Jared, Hayley, Sian, and Chris are back home on Earth, but our team is still fundraising for
@StJude
. Join that effort:
“While a historic journey awaits us in space, I hope this mission reinforces how far inspiration can take us and the extraordinary achievements it leads to here on Earth.” – Jared Isaacman, Inspiration4 Commander
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.
#Inspiration4
and
@SpaceX
have completed our flight readiness review and remain on track for launch! Read more about launch details and potential timing here:
With the
#Inspiration4
launch now just 3 days away, weather conditions are 70% favorable and we’ve narrowed our launch window to 5 hours beginning at 8:02 pm EDT on 9/15. Stay tuned for more updates soon!
Our crew is continuing final preparations for launch and teams are targeting no earlier than 8:00 p.m. ET on September 15 for liftoff of
#Inspiration4
.
SpaceX and Inspiration4 will narrow down the launch window to five hours approximately three days before liftoff.
“When you look up at the sky, you dream about being among the stars. When you’re with the stars and look down, you dream about being back on the earth.” —
@ChrisSembroski
More stunning photos from our
#Inspiration4
crew’s three-day journey to orbit 🌎
A look at Dragon’s Cupola, which will provide our Inspiration4 astronauts with incredible views of Earth from orbit!
The crew visited the flight-hardware Cupola in California before it was shipped to Florida for integration with Dragon Resilience.
Rise and shine! Dragon and the
#Inspiration4
astronauts have experienced more than 25 sunrises and 25 sunsets since they’ve been in space. Follow Dragon at
Receive restocking alerts on the
@StJude
Inspiration4 zero-gravity indicator: 🐶
In the meantime, you can donate directly to support our $200 million fundraising initiative:
Representing the mission pillar of Hope,
#Inspiration4
has named its first crew member – a cancer survivor and physician assistant at
@StJude
. Generosity and Prosperity seats remain open through 2/28. Visit for more.
The crew of Inspiration4 stopped by
@SpaceX
's Dragonland in Florida to check out their ride and go for a “Dragon Test Drive.” Final preps for the crew, spacecraft, and rocket continue ahead of liftoff in 15 days!
As the first all-civilian crew to orbit the Earth, Inspiration4 is excited to share experiments and research with
@SpaceX
,
@BCMSpaceHealth
&
@WeillCornell
that will help continue to broaden access to space exploration. Learn more:
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. 🐄🌙
Humbled and honored to stand on the shoulders of so many greats who've paved the way for
#Inspiration4
. Thank you
@TheRealBuzz
for your support, and your legacy.
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.
Welcome home,
@Inspiration4x
. May your journey to space aboard the
@SpaceX
Crew Dragon continue to inspire and benefit
@StJude
's incredible work in research for treatments and cures for childhood cancer.
📷:
@johnkrausphotos
Donate to St. Jude here:
From strangers to friends to astronauts in just six months, Jared, Hayley, Sian, and Chris shared incredible adventures this year — on mountains, in the air, and finally, in space.
All while raising over $240 million for
@StJude
.
From our entire Inspiration4 team: Thank you!
After an approximately three-day journey, the
#Inspiration4
team will reenter the Earth’s atmosphere for a soft water landing off the coast of Florida.
On 9/15 the crew of
#Inspiration4
, the world’s first all-civilian human spaceflight mission to orbit, officially ushered in a new era of space exploration at 8:02:56 PM EDT.
A new era for human spaceflight and exploration has begun. "The door is opening now and it’s pretty incredible."
#Inspiration4
Commander
@rookisaacman
in orbit.
🎶
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
It's a beautiful day
🎶
Our
#Inspiration4
crew just woke up to “Beautiful Day” by
@U2
→
Before the crew went to sleep last night, they had an opportunity to chat about their journey with Bono!
“The day of launch, I’m going to be thinking about how my entire life has led up until this moment… I want to encourage the next generation to dream that this is possible.”
#Inspiration4
Mission Pilot
@DrSianProctor
Our
#Inspiration4
crew just woke up ~575km over the Atlantic Ocean to
@chicagotheband
’s “You’re the Inspiration” →
See the latest on where Dragon is on-orbit →
“The advice that I would give my younger self is that you can aim high, you can dream big and even things people would say is next to impossible, you can accomplish it.”
#Inspiration4
Commander
@rookisaacman
What an epic fighter jet formation flight over Kennedy Space Center with Falcon 9 and Dragon vertical on Launch Complex 39A ahead of the launch of
#Inspiration4
!
Kudos to our incredible team of pilots and thanks to all who made this flight possible.
📸:
@johnkrausphotos
“I’m looking to see what I don’t see. And that’s going to be lines on a map or those walls that seem to separate us – ideologically, politically, geographically or even physically – those don’t exist when you get far enough out.”
#Inspiration4
Mission Specialist
@ChrisSembroski
An incredible night celebrating
@Inspiration4x
and
@StJude
— with an amazing $2,126,000 raised in one evening from a live auction and more donations from the generous supporters of St. Jude ❤️🙏
Please join us in welcoming the official
#Inspiration4
photographer who will be capturing history with us,
@johnkrausphotos
. John is an incredibly talented spaceflight photographer who has built a career around capturing Earth's out-of-this-world moments.
One month ago, Hayley, Jared, Sian, and Chris lifted off from Florida, beginning their three-day journey orbiting Earth — inspiring people worldwide and furthering our fundraising initiative for
@StJude
.
Did you watch the launch? Share your photos + memories below ⬇️
The
#Inspiration4
team conducted a practice jet formation flight yesterday in preparation for another flight tomorrow with Falcon 9 and Dragon vertical on Launch Complex 39A!
Teams on
@SpaceX
’s Go Searcher recovery ship are in the process of securing the spacecraft to be hoisted onto the main deck of the ship, where the
#Inspiration4
crew will egress the spacecraft and receive medical checks before a helicopter ride back to Kennedy Space Center.
.
@Inspiration4
has reached zero gravity and unleashed their zero gravity indicator! Check out our gift shop to get your own space buddy dog plush inspired by specially trained facility dogs, Huckleberry and Puggle!
What was the best part of training in the
@SpaceX
Dragon simulators last week for
#Inspiration4
commander
@rookisaacman
?
“That we got the band back together.”
Stay tuned for more as we are now only 86 days from launch.
Sharing the
#Inspiration4
astronauts' portraits in the crew access arm at Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Complex 39A 📷✨
So many legendary explorers have lifted off from LC-39A — our crew is ready to continue that tradition in 23 days!
That weightless feeling. 🤩
Our
#Inspiration4
team experienced zero-g for the first time yesterday, flying parabolic arcs on a modified Boeing 727 aircraft — thanks
@GoZeroG
for the ride!