New Delhi: The four astronauts of the Inspiration4 mission aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft are safely in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida on Saturday, September 18 at 7:06 pm EDT (4:36 am IST) fell down. Sunday).
Four amateur astronauts, Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arsinaux, Chris Sambroski and Dr. Sean Proctor, blasted off into space atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sept. 15 from the Historic Launch Complex, 39-A Kennedy Space Center, Florida. 8:02 a.m. EDT (5:32 a.m. IST, Thursday), and their return to orbit marks the successful completion of the world’s first all-civilian manned space flight.
On splashdown, the spacecraft was hoisted onto the main deck of SpaceX’s Go Searcher recovery vessel.
Teams on the recovery ship began securing the spacecraft so that the Inspiration 4 Crew Dragon vehicle could be ejected, according to a tweet by the official handle of Inspiration 4 at 5:00 am IST.
According to a SpaceX broadcast, after the side hatch was officially opened, recovery teams built a sort of protection with hatch doors so that astronauts could eject the vehicle safely.
At 5:20 am IST, SpaceX tweeted that the crew of Inspiration 4 has returned to Earth.
The crew followed a proper procedure during the evacuation, teams assisted by them as the astronauts had been in microgravity for the past three days. They hadn’t felt the gravity of their bodies in three days, which is why it’s standard procedure to get some help when they exit the vehicle.
The footrests under their seats were first removed to give them space when they came out. The first crew to eject the vehicle was Chief Medical Officer Hayley Arsinaux, followed by pilot Dr. Sean Proctor and mission specialist Chris Sambrowski. Inspire 4’s commander, Jared Isaacman, was the last person to exit the vehicle.
After the evacuation was successful, the four astronauts were taken to the medical room on the recovery vessel, where they underwent some medical check-ups to make sure they were safe and sound, after which a helicopter flew them to Kennedy Space Center. Filled. ‘Happy. Healthy. Home.’, tweeted the official handle of inspiration4 at 7:29 am IST.
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The crew was fit to return to Earth at 1:55 am IST. By 3:01 p.m., Dragon has entered its final orbit before re-entry and splashdown. The dragon’s trunk was removed a little before 3:42 a.m., and by 4:04 a.m., it had completed its deorbit burn. Nozzcon was closed for re-entry at 4:10 am.
During atmospheric re-entry, the surface of Crew Dragon reaches a temperature of about 3500 degrees Fahrenheit, but according to SpaceX, the spacecraft’s heat shield ensures that the internal temperature does not exceed 85 degrees Fahrenheit.
Crew Dragon deployed its four main parachutes by 4:34 a.m. At 4:36 a.m., the spacecraft plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, completing the world’s first all-civilian orbital mission in space.
“It was a heck of a ride for us, and we’re just getting started,” Commander Jared Isaacman said.
Dr. Sean Proctor tweeted that it was the best ride of his life, and thanked SpaceX, Elon Musk and Inspiration4.
Historic First by Inspiration4
- First all-civilian manned spacecraft to orbit
- first black female spacecraft pilot
- youngest american in space
- First man to go into space with prosthetic
- Farthest flight for human spaceflight since Hubble mission
- SpaceX pilots three dragons in space for the first time
- First free flight of Dragon spacecraft on manned spaceflight mission
- Largest contiguous window ever found in space
- Dragon Crew’s First Splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean
- First three-flight Falcon 9 booster to launch manned spaceflight mission
What did the crew do while in orbit?
Isaacman, also known as Rook; Sambrowski aka Hanks, Arkenaux aka Nova and Proctor aka Leo talk to Tom Cruise while in orbit. He shared his experiences from space with him. Interestingly, one of the crew members was inspired by Tom Cruise’s Maverick from Top Gun.
Crew members listened to “You’re the Inspiration” and U2’s “Beautiful Day” on Spotify. He also interacted with the patients of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The crew also rang the closing bell of the stock market.
The astronauts had a lot of fun trying to catch their floating M&M’s of chocolate. They ate chilled pizza in the space, along with other foods on the menu, which included tea, coffee, sandwiches, veggie platters, Mediterranean lamb, meatballs and pasta, salami, pasta bolognese, tortillas, Skittles, ginger chews, peanut butter cups. Olives, granola bars, turkey, toaster pastries, apricots, chocolate peppermint sticks and rice crackers, among others.
They photographed spectacular views outside the Dragon’s Cupola, including views of orbital sunset and orbital moonrise, which move at about 23 times the speed of sound. Mission specialist Chris Sambrowski snapped some breath-taking photos.
The mission has been able to raise approximately $154 million, which is approximately $50 million less than the $200 million targeted goal for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
At 7:45 a.m., SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted, ‘Count me in for $50M’.
As a gratitude for their gesture, St Jude tweeted, ‘Two missions completed in one night ‘, referencing the completion of the first all civilian mission in orbit, and the fact that the intended amount of money was raised. Was.
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