Falcon 9 launched Crew Dragon Resilience on Inspiration4, the first orbital spaceflight crewed entirely by private citizens, chartered by Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman. The three-day free-flying mission orbited Earth before splashing down in the Atlantic.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 13 T (est.)
- Flight
- 69th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 16 September 2021, 00:02 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 2021-084
- Launches in 2021
- 92nd of 146
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