Mission Inspiration4, which will be the first to only send civilians into space for several days in September aboard a SpaceX rocket, can be tracked “in near real time” in a Netflix documentary series, the platform reported Thursday (19). flow.
Two episodes will premiere on September 6 to introduce the four-man crew, two more episodes on September 13 about the long months of training and final preparations before the flight, and a final episode in late September, “a few days” from the end. the mission.
This final episode will include footage of the ship’s interior during the voyage, as well as its return to Earth, promising an “unprecedented arrival” in “near real time.”
The series, “Countdown: Inspiration4’s Mission to Space,” is directed by Jason Heherer, director of the winning documentary. amy “The Last Dance,” sobre os Chicago Bulls de Michael Jordan.
The release, scheduled for September 15, will be streamed live on Netflix’s YouTube channel.
SpaceX’s Dragon capsule will be launched by a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, southeastern United States.
The spacecraft is already carrying astronauts to NASA’s International Space Station (ISS), but the mission scheduled for September will not include professional astronauts.
The project is funded by American billionaire Jared Isaacman. The 38-year-old owner of the finance company is an avid pilot and space explorer.
Isaacman offered three seats on board to Hayley Arsenault, 29, a childhood cancer survivor; Chris Sembrowski, 41, a former US Air Force officer, and Sian Proctor, a 51-year-old teacher.
They will spend three days orbiting the Earth beyond the height of the International Space Station.
Other tourists went to space, including the International Space Station, between 2001 and 2009, aboard Russian rockets. But they were accompanied by professional astronauts.
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