Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University President P. Barry Butler sent best wishes to two graduates of the school – Jared Isaacman and Chris Sembrowski – as they prepared to blast off aboard SpaceX’s Inspiration4.
After three days orbiting Earth, the astronauts of Inspiration4 flying aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft safely splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 7:06 p.m. EDT on Sept. 18. The return marks the completion of the world’s first all-civilian human spaceflight to orbit, which launched on a flight-proven SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 15.
Isaacman serves as Inspiration4 commander and benefactor, while Chris Sembrowski is a member of the four-person crew.
“Everyone at Embry-Riddle is excited about the mission and proud of our Eagles, Jared and Chris,” Butler said. “Through their participation in this mission, they are also raising funds for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. In doing so, they are exemplifying Eagle values, which call on us to be of service to each other. ... We thank them for being a source of inspiration to students who may wish to follow in their footsteps.”
Isaacman, an entrepreneur who graduated from Embry-Riddle’s Worldwide Campus in 2011, sponsored the Inspiration4 mission. Sembrowski is a 2007 Embry-Riddle graduate who works for Lockheed Martin.
Read more about these Embry-Riddle’s alumni online. Watch video from Isaacman’s recent participation in an Embry-Riddle Aviation Outlook webinar.
With Embry-Riddle alumni Isaacman and Sembrowski now counts nine astronauts among its graduates.
