SpaceX's All-Civilian Mission To Launch Into Orbit For 3 Days. Know About The Mission
3 years, 6 months ago

SpaceX's All-Civilian Mission To Launch Into Orbit For 3 Days. Know About The Mission

ABP News  

New Delhi: As the billionaire race to space heated up in the last few months, the first all-civilian crew strapped inside the capsule of a SpaceX rocketship, is poised to make history by launching into Earth orbit in SpaceX rocketship In yet another flight, Jared Isaacman, the American founder and chief executive of e-commerce firm Shift4 Payments, will lead three fellow space enthusiasts on a trip expected to last three days from blastoff at Cape Canaveral, Florida, to splashdown in the Atlantic, according to Reuters. The 38-year-old tech entrepreneur has committed an exorbitant sum to fellow billionaire and SpaceX owner Elon Musk to fly into orbit aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. The crew vehicle will take off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center atop one of Musk's reusable Falcon 9 rockets, with a 24-hour targeted launch window that opens at 8 pm. This successful mission is seen as ushering in a new era of commercial space tourism, with several companies attracting wealthy customers eying to experience the exhilaration of supersonic flight, weightlessness, and the visual spectacle of space.

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The thrill-seeking billionaire and SpaceX astronaut poised to run Nasa
1 month ago

The thrill-seeking billionaire and SpaceX astronaut poised to run Nasa

Live Mint  

When Jared Isaacman gave up his childhood dream of becoming a NASA astronaut, he still needed to get his adrenaline fix somewhere. And he’s cultivated a deepening connection with Elon Musk, whose company SpaceX helped Isaacman realize his goal of reaching orbit. In a post Thursday on X, Musk said the International Space Station should be taken out of orbit …

Who is Jared Isaacman? From private astronaut to Trump’s pick to head Nasa
Top News
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Who is Jared Isaacman? From private astronaut to Trump’s pick to head Nasa

Firstpost  

US President-elect Donald Trump has selected tech billionaire Jared Isaacman as Nasa’s next chief. The 41-year-old earlier made headlines for becoming the first private astronaut to conduct a spacewalk US President-elect Donald Trump announced that he plans to nominate Jared Isaacman, a tech billionaire and the first private astronaut to conduct a spacewalk, as Nasa’s next chief. AFP US President-elect …

Elon Musk was 3 weeks away from bankruptcy after coup at PayPal, then he turned things around
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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Elon Musk was 3 weeks away from bankruptcy after coup at PayPal, then he turned things around

Hindustan Times  

Donald Trump's 2024 presidential election victory also translated into a new win for his billionaire supporter Elon Musk. As per The New York Post, Isaacson’s book details that Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel, co-founder Max Levchin, board member Reid Hoffman, and COO and product leader David Dacks were behind the “coup.” PayPal board members masterminded Elon Musk's ouster The ouster …

Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman returns to Earth on SpaceX mission after historic spacewalk
6 months, 1 week ago

Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman returns to Earth on SpaceX mission after historic spacewalk

The Independent  

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SpaceX: Billionaire leaves spacecraft on perilous first ever spacewalk
6 months, 2 weeks ago

SpaceX: Billionaire leaves spacecraft on perilous first ever spacewalk

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A billionaire floated in space in the first ever private spacewalk on Thursday …

Who is Jared Isaacman? The billionaire pilot who just completed the first private spacewalk with SpaceX
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Who is Jared Isaacman? The billionaire pilot who just completed the first private spacewalk with SpaceX

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy “SpaceX, back at home we all have a lot of work to do, …

Billionaire Finally Launches on First Private Space-Walk Mission
55 years, 2 months ago

Billionaire Finally Launches on First Private Space-Walk Mission

Wired  

One of the most ambitious space tourism missions in history has launched, with the all-commercial crew set to hit a number of milestones during its five days in space, including the first-ever privately funded human space walk. The mission, called Polaris Dawn, took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today, Tuesday, September 10, at 5:23 am Eastern Time. …

Billionaire astronaut set for space walk finally blasts off on SpaceX rocket
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Billionaire astronaut set for space walk finally blasts off on SpaceX rocket

LA Times  

Jared Isaacman arrives at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Aug. 19 to prepare for the Polaris Dawn mission, featuring the first space walk by civilians. A SpaceX capsule flown by a crew that will take the first walk in space by private citizens finally blasted off early Tuesday morning from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Jared …

Billionaire space-walk flight on SpaceX rocket hit with delays
7 months ago

Billionaire space-walk flight on SpaceX rocket hit with delays

LA Times  

Astronauts, from left, Anna Menon, Scott Poteet, Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis arrive at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 19 for SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission, which is scheduled to feature the first space walk by a private citizen. SpaceX said, “Teams will continue to monitor weather for favorable launch and return conditions.” The rocket will carry mission …

Billionaire who flew SpaceX last year going back into orbit
3 years, 1 month ago

Billionaire who flew SpaceX last year going back into orbit

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The billionaire who launched on his own SpaceX flight last year is headed back up, aiming for an even higher orbit and the chance to take part in a spacewalk. Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman announced Monday that he will make another private spaceflight launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, alongside two SpaceX engineers and a former …

Billionaire’s space trip brought $125M to St. Jude hospital
3 years, 1 month ago

Billionaire’s space trip brought $125M to St. Jude hospital

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Isaacman paid for and commanded the SpaceX flight, known as Inspiration4, and he vowed to donate even more than the cost of the flight to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Isaacman and his wife, Monica, personally donated $125 million to the hospital, and contributions by SpaceX …

Billionaires rocketing into space draw UN chief’s red glare
3 years, 6 months ago

Billionaires rocketing into space draw UN chief’s red glare

Associated Press  

Space, we have an equity problem. When three billionaires rocketed into space this summer, they did more than escape Earth’s surly bonds, they helped spread “a malady of mistrust” plaguing an all-too hungry world, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told other world leaders Tuesday. In his opening speech to the General Assembly, a grim Guterres highlighted the gap between the …

Billionaires rocketing into space draw UN chief's red glare
3 years, 6 months ago

Billionaires rocketing into space draw UN chief's red glare

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. When three billionaires rocketed into space this summer, they …

Elon Musk taunts Joe Biden as ‘sleeping’ for ignoring SpaceX success
3 years, 6 months ago

Elon Musk taunts Joe Biden as ‘sleeping’ for ignoring SpaceX success

Live Mint  

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took a pot shot at President Joe Biden on Sunday, the day after his private spaceflight, SpaceX, completed a historic mission as the first all-civilian flight crew. One of Musk’s followers on Twitter asked him, “The President of the United States has refused to even acknowledge the 4 newest American astronauts who helped raise hundreds of …

SpaceX launches amateur crew on private Earth-circling trip
3 years, 6 months ago

SpaceX launches amateur crew on private Earth-circling trip

Al Jazeera  

SpaceX’s first private flight has been launched into orbit with two contest winners, a healthcare worker and their rich sponsor on board, the most ambitious leap yet in space tourism. The Dragon capsule’s two men and two women are looking to spend three days circling the planet from an unusually high orbit – 160km higher than the International Space Station …

SpaceX aiming for night launch of 4 on 1st private flight
3 years, 6 months ago

SpaceX aiming for night launch of 4 on 1st private flight

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It blows me away, honestly,” SpaceX director Benji Reed …

SpaceX launches first all-commercial crew of astronauts: ‘It’s pretty incredible’
3 years, 6 months ago

SpaceX launches first all-commercial crew of astronauts: ‘It’s pretty incredible’

LA Times  

A billionaire, a physician assistant, a geoscience professor and an engineer rocketed to space aboard a SpaceX capsule in the latest milestone for the commercial space industry — the first time an entire crew of people who aren’t professional astronauts reached orbit. Business SpaceX and tech CEO’s pitch: Donate $10 to charity, win a trip into orbit SpaceX plans to …

First all-civilian space crew set to blast off on SpaceX rocket
3 years, 6 months ago

First all-civilian space crew set to blast off on SpaceX rocket

Al Jazeera  

It will be the first time in 60 years of human spaceflight that no professional astronaut is aboard an orbit-bound rocket. “It blows me away, honestly,” SpaceX director Benji Reed said on the eve of launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the United States. Isaacman and the others — St Jude Children’s Research Hospital physician assistant Hayley …

SpaceX's first all-civilian mission to launch on September 15
3 years, 6 months ago

SpaceX's first all-civilian mission to launch on September 15

India TV News  

SpaceX's first all-civilian mission to launch on September 15 Early this year in February, SpaceX announced the charity-driven mission named Inspiration4, which will be commanded by tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and will have three others. SpaceX, run by tech billionaire Elon Musk-run, is all set to launch to orbit its first all-civilian mission ‘Inspiration4 on September 15. Early this year …

Inspiration4: All-civilian crew on SpaceX's first privately-funded flight to orbit, revealed
3 years, 11 months ago

Inspiration4: All-civilian crew on SpaceX's first privately-funded flight to orbit, revealed

Firstpost  

A billionaire’s private SpaceX flight filled its two remaining seats Tuesday with a scientist-teacher and a data engineer whose college friend actually won a spot but gave him the prize. Isaacman also revealed some details about his Inspiration4 mission, as the four gathered Tuesday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Chris Sembroski, from left to right, Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux and …

Teacher, engineer fill last seats on billionaire’s SpaceX flight
3 years, 11 months ago

Teacher, engineer fill last seats on billionaire’s SpaceX flight

Al Jazeera  

Sian Proctor, a college educator, and Chris Sembroski, a former Air Force missileman, will take flight this fall. A billionaire’s private SpaceX flight filled its two remaining seats Tuesday with a scientist-teacher and a data engineer whose college friend actually won a spot but gave him the prize. He’s head of Shift4 Payments, a credit card-processing company in Allentown, Pennsylvania, …

SpaceX reveals 2nd crew member of all-civilian space mission
4 years, 1 month ago

SpaceX reveals 2nd crew member of all-civilian space mission

India TV News  

Hayley Arceneaux, a 29-year-old physician assistant at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the US will be the second crew member of Inspiration4, the world's first all-civilian mission to space, SpaceX has announced. Isaacman, the 38-year-old founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments and an accomplished pilot, donated two of the four seats on Inspiration4 to St. Jude, including the seat …

SpaceX aims to launch ‘all-civilian’ trip into orbit
4 years, 1 month ago

SpaceX aims to launch ‘all-civilian’ trip into orbit

The Hindu  

SpaceX announced Monday it's aiming to launch this year the first all-civilian mission into Earth's orbit, led by a tech billionaire who plans to raffle off one of the spots aboard the craft. All three crewmembers "will receive commercial astronaut training by SpaceX on the Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft," as well as orbital mechanics and stress testing, …

US billionaire buys SpaceX flight to orbit with 3 others
4 years, 1 month ago

US billionaire buys SpaceX flight to orbit with 3 others

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A U.S. billionaire who made a fortune in tech and fighter jets is buying an entire SpaceX flight and plans to take three “everyday” people with him to circle the globe this year. Besides fulfilling his dream of flying in space, Jared Isaacman announced Monday that he aims to use the private trip to raise $200 …

Billionaire buys SpaceX flight to take three people into orbit for the first all-civilian crew
4 years, 1 month ago

Billionaire buys SpaceX flight to take three people into orbit for the first all-civilian crew

Daily Mail  

A US billionaire who made a fortune in tech and fighter jets is buying an entire SpaceX flight and plans to take three people with him to circle the globe this year. The four-person expedition will take off in SpaceX's Dragon craft late this year from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and orbit around Earth …

SpaceX announces first-ever non-astronaut space flight crew
4 years, 1 month ago

SpaceX announces first-ever non-astronaut space flight crew

CNN  

Austin, Texas CNN Business — Jared Isaacman, an entrepreneur behind a payment processing startup, is funding a multimillion trip to space aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, which could be the first-ever orbital flight crewed entirely by non-astronauts. Isaacman added that this mission, dubbed Inspiration4, with the “4” referencing the number of crew members, “is the realization of a lifelong …

SpaceX and tech CEO’s pitch: Donate $10 to charity, win a trip into orbit
4 years, 1 month ago

SpaceX and tech CEO’s pitch: Donate $10 to charity, win a trip into orbit

LA Times  

A prototype of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, as seen in a reflection on a window, is displayed at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne in 2018. In a new chapter of commercial spaceflight, SpaceX plans to launch a crew of only private astronauts into orbit — the world’s first such mission. The crew would travel aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon astronaut capsule, …

American billionaire auctions off seats on private SpaceX mission this year
4 years, 1 month ago

American billionaire auctions off seats on private SpaceX mission this year

The Telegraph  

Elon Musk's SpaceX will send four civilians into space this year in a jaunt that it described as "the world's first all-civilian mission". Jared Isaacman, an American billionaire who founded credit card processing company Shift4 Payments, said he was donating three seats on the Crew Dragon capsule. It is not the first private mission to be announced by Elon Musk's …

Billionaire raffling off SpaceX flight to fund cancer research
4 years, 1 month ago

Billionaire raffling off SpaceX flight to fund cancer research

Al Jazeera  

Jared Isaacman said he aims to use the private trip to raise $200m for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, a United States-based organisation that helps young cancer patients. Besides fulfilling his dream of flying in space, Jared Isaacman announced Monday that he aimed to use the private trip to raise $200m for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, half coming from …

All about SpaceX Falcon 9
4 years, 9 months ago

All about SpaceX Falcon 9

The Hindu  

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on May 30, created history. They were on a 19-hour ride aboard SpaceX's Dragon Crew capsule to the International Space Station. Also read: Prototype of new SpaceX rocket Starship explodes on Texas test pad Minutes after launch, the first-stage booster rocket separated from the upper second-stage …

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is laying off 10% of its workforce
6 years, 2 months ago

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is laying off 10% of its workforce

Live Mint  

Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX will reduce its workforce by about 10% of the company’s more than 6,000 employees, it said on Friday. In June, Elon Musk fired at least seven people in the senior management team leading a SpaceX satellite launch project, Reuters reported in November. Last month, SpaceX launched its first US national security space mission, when a …

Elon Musk's rocket company SpacX set to raise a funding of $500 million: Report
6 years, 3 months ago

Elon Musk's rocket company SpacX set to raise a funding of $500 million: Report

Firstpost  

In April, SpaceX was raising $507 million in a new round of funding, valuing the company at around $26 billion. Elon Musk ’s rocket company SpaceX Corp is set to raise $500 million at a $30.5 billion valuation, the Wall Street Journal reported on 12 December, citing people familiar with the fundraising. The company is raising the capital from existing …

Elon Musk’s SpaceX joins US military
7 years, 9 months ago

Elon Musk’s SpaceX joins US military

Live Mint  

Dallas: Not long ago, SpaceX founder Elon Musk cracked what he once labelled a monopoly for defence department space launches, successfully breaking into a business that was dominated by United Launch Alliance LLC. Musk’s 2014 lawsuit against the government was settled out of court and the Pentagon certified SpaceX, also known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., as a suitable supplier …

After explosion, SpaceX satellite customer says it’s due $50 million or a free ride
8 years, 6 months ago

After explosion, SpaceX satellite customer says it’s due $50 million or a free ride

LA Times  

The costs of the SpaceX rocket explosion Thursday are starting to roll in. The customer whose satellite blew up with the rocket, Space Communication Ltd., based in Israel, said in a conference call Sunday that it could seek $50 million or a free flight, according to a Reuters report. The company also said it could collect $205 million from the …

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