SpaceX Falcon 9

Falcon 9 is a rocket that can carry cargo and humans into Earth orbit, even reaching the International Space Station (ISS) . It is produced by American aerospace company SpaceX. Technically, it is a partially re-useable, medium lift launch vehicle.

Poster sized artwork (1 metre wide by 1.4 metre high).

Mission Profile

As of January 2021, Falcon 9 had the most launches among U.S. rockets. It is the only U.S. rocket certified for transporting humans to the International Space Station. It is the only commercial rocket to ever launch humans to orbit. On 24 January 2021, Falcon 9 set a record for the most satellites launched by a single rocket, carrying 143 into orbit.

Inspiration4

Inspiration4 was a human spaceflight mission in 2021, operated by SpaceX on behalf of Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman. The mission launched the Crew Dragon Resilience on 16 September 2021 at 00:02:56 UTC from the Florida Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A atop a Falcon 9 launch vehicle, placed the Dragon capsule into low Earth orbit, and ended successfully on 18 September 2021 at 23:06:49 UTC, when the Resilience splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.

The mission successfully completed the first orbital spaceflight with only private citizens aboard and was part of a charitable effort on behalf of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Isaacman functioned as mission commander. The hospital selected two crew members: Hayley Arceneaux and Christopher Sembroski. Shift4 selected the last seat: Sian Proctor.
It concluded with the first crewed splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean since Apollo 9 in 1969.