Sembroski’s college friend won a sweepstakes to participate in the I4 mission but gave him the seat because of his passion for space. Air Force veteran and former Space Camp counselor who works as an engineer at Lockheed Martin. Arceneaux will be the first person with a prosthetic leg to go to space. She is now a physician assistant there, working with leukemia and lymphoma patients. She previously applied to NASA’s astronaut program three times and has participated in several of NASA’s analog missions, which simulate conditions on the Moon and Mars.Īrceneaux is a bone cancer survivor who received treatment at St. Proctor, I4’s pilot, is a geology professor and science communicator. ![]() Jude to help the mission achieve its goal. He has committed to donating $100 million to St. Isaacman, who is also a pilot, will serve as the mission’s commander. The cost Isaacman paid per seat isn’t being disclosed, but for context, NASA reportedly pays SpaceX about $55 million per seat for Crew Dragon flights to the International Space Station. According to Time, he bought all four seats on the capsule that will ferry the I4 team into orbit. Isaacman is a billionaire and the CEO of Shift4 Payments. The I4 crew includes Jared Isaacman, Sian Proctor, Hayley Arceneaux and Chris Sembroski. That said, the I4 team has been preparing among other forms of training, they’ve done centrifuge training and completed a vigorous hike up Mount Rainier in Washington. Until now, all crewed orbital spaceflights have included one or more astronauts trained by governmental space agencies. ![]() ![]() None of the Inspiration4 crew members are professional astronauts.
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