Meet the commander of SpaceX's first private spaceflight

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Monday morning Netflix released the first two episodes of their Inspiration4 documentary series. The series will cover the crew's journey from selection to launch. Image: Netflix

This week was the first part of their journey , I4 crew selection. Episode 1 discusses how the mission's commander, Jared Issacman, started planning for the launch. Image: SpaceX / Inspiration4

There couldn't have been a better partnership for SpaceX’s first commercial mission than Jared Issacman. The billionaire whose love for aviation and adventure somehow led him to a phone call with SpaceX completely unrelated to purchasing a seat on Dragon. Image: NASA

What was just an urge to “keep him in mind” for when SpaceX would be ready for commercial flights turned quickly into mission planning and visits to the company’s Hawthorne headquarters. Image: SpaceX

Along the way, Issacman was pushing to see what was possible and how he could do something new to help SpaceX with their goal to get humans to Mars . Along the way, Issacman was pushing to see what was possible and how he could do something new to help SpaceX with their goal to get humans to Mars . Image: SpaceX

Issacman wanted the mission to be more than just another billionaire’s space trip. He wanted the mission to be an inspiration to those watching and for generations to come. Image: SpaceX

That were we got Inspiration4 from, a mission that would bring inspiration for everyone. More importantly to be a platform for a St. Jude fundraiser. Image: Inspiration4 / John Kraus

Issacman represents the pillar of leadership. One of the four "seats" on next week's Inspiration4 mission. Image: SpaceX

The launch is currently scheduled for September 15th and Netflix will be providing live coverage of the launch. Image: Inspiration4 / John Kraus