Photo: @ArceneauxHayley
After SpaceX’s Inspiration4 civilian spaceflight safely returned to Earth in September, one member that was aboard the Dragon spacecraft has been offered a job by SpaceX.
Inspiration4 civilian and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital nurse @Hayley Arceneaux has officially joined SpaceX’s medical team, according to an announcement made on Wednesday.
Arceneaux will have the freedom to continue working for St. Jude, but will now also help to medically train commercial astronauts for SpaceX.
Life update: I’ve joined the SpaceX medical team!!! It is an absolute honor to be working with this incredible company & help medically train & support commercial astronauts ❤️🩺
& of course I’m still working at my dream job at St. Jude, fortunate enough to be able to do both💕 pic.twitter.com/3eiQyTXsoO
— Hayley Arceneaux (@ArceneauxHayley) December 1, 2021
SpaceX’s Inspiration4 launch took place on September 15, using SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster and taking off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The entire crew of the SpaceX Inspiration4 flight was awarded Dragon Astronaut wings, upon safely returning, including Arceneaux who was the space flight’s Medical Officer.
On top of conducting health experiments aboard the Dragon spacecraft, the Inspiration4 crew sought to raise $200 million USD for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, featuring a generous donation from SpaceX head Elon Musk of $50 million USD.
Led by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, the Inspiration4 crew also included Chris Sembroski and Dr. Sian Proctor, in addition to Arceneaux.
“It doesn’t get more qualified than Hayley! Congrats – working for two amazing organizations – SpaceX and St. Jude – both with important visions that can change the world,” said Isaacman in response to the news.
Netflix also released an Inspiration4 documentary which features footage of the crew in preparation for the space flight, all the way through the crew’s return.
