Hayley Arceneaux will take the second seat in Inspiration4.
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- The 29-year-old medical assistant Hayley Arceneaux will be the second member of the crew of four on the Inspiration4 mission.
- The Inspiration4 aims to be the first space mission to bring a fully civilian crew into space who will previously complete a series of commercial astronaut training courses.
- The mission is intended to convey a message of possibilities and to promote the support of the St. Jude Research Hospital, which tries to increase research progress with donations and thereby save more children worldwide.
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Hayley Arceneaux is a 29-year-old medical assistant at St. Jude Research Hospital in the United States. She will be the second crew member of the Inspiration4, announced SpaceX. The Inspiration4 is the world’s first space mission with a purely civilian crew. Arceneaux was treated for bone cancer at St. Jude as a child. Now she is joining the Inspiration4 mission commander Jared Isaacman, the mission leadership announced on Monday.
“It’s an incredible honor to join the Inspiration4 crew. This seat represents the hope that St. Jude Hospital has given me – and continues to give families around the world who, like me, find hope when they walk through the doors of the hospital, “said Arceneaux in her statement. “When I was ten years old, St. Jude Hospital gave me the opportunity to live and grow up. Now I am fulfilling a dream: to work in the research hospital and travel around the world. “
The mission is targeted for the fourth quarter of this year. Arceneaux, Isaacman and the rest of the Inspiration4 crew will receive commercial astronaut training from SpaceX on the Falcon 9 launcher and the Dragon spacecraft. The focus will be on orbital mechanics, working with microgravity and weightlessness. A number of additional stress tests should also be carried out. You will also receive emergency training, exercises for getting in and out of the spacesuit and spacecraft, as well as simulations of partial and full missions.
The mission starts from the historic 39A Launch Complex in NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It will be monitored by SpaceX Mission Control at every step as the spacecraft orbits the planet along a tailor-made trajectory every 90 minutes. After completing the multi-day trip, the Dragon spaceship will re-enter the earth’s atmosphere and will perform a soft water landing off the coast of Florida.
The mission aims to inspire donations for research progress
Jared Isaacman, 38, is the founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments and an accomplished pilot. He donated two of the four seats in the Inspiration4 to the St. Jude Hospital – this also includes the seat occupied by Hayley Arceneaux. The mission name Inspiration4 stands for the purpose of the four-person crew. The name is intended to send a humanitarian message of possibilities and inspire the support of the St. Jude Hospital. The number four represents the pillars of leadership, hope, generosity, and prosperity. “Putting together a unique and diverse crew whose personal stories and values will inspire people around the world is at the heart of the Inspiration4 mission,” said Isaacman.
Jared Isaacman has pledged to donate $ 100 million to St. Jude Hospital and invites everyone to join. The donations are intended to support the multi-billion dollar expansion of the hospital, which aims to accelerate research progress and save more children worldwide. Fundraising efforts will continue until the mission starts later this year. The remaining two spots, representing generosity and prosperity, are available to the general public through February 28th.
This article was translated from English and edited by Julia Knopf. You read the original here.
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