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In February 2021, Isaacman announced that he would serve as commander of [[Inspiration4]], the first [[private spaceflight|private]] [[human spaceflight]] in which none of the people aboard were from a government agency.<ref name=NYTfeb2021/> The mission was operated by [[SpaceX]], on board an autonomous [[SpaceX Dragon 2|Crew Dragon]] [[space capsule|spacecraft]] launched by a [[Falcon 9]] launch vehicle.<ref name=NYTfeb2021>{{cite news |last1=Chang|first1=Kenneth |title=To Get on This SpaceX Flight, You Don't Have to Be Rich, Just Lucky |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/science/spacex-jared-isaacman.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2021-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201222557if_/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/science/spacex-jared-isaacman.html |archive-date=2021-02-01 |date=2021-02-01 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=ars20210201>{{cite news |last1=Berger|first1=Eric |title=SpaceX announces first 'free flyer' human spaceflight |url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/spacex-announces-first-free-flyer-human-spaceflight/ |access-date=2021-02-02 |work=Ars Technica |date=2021-02-01 |language=en-us}}</ref>
Isaacman received the call sign "Rook" during flight training.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Amy |title=Inspiration4's call signs: The crew of SpaceX's all-civilian mission have special nicknames |url=https://www.space.com/spacex-inspiration4-call-signs |website=Space.com |date=2021-09-15 |access-date=2021-09-15 }}</ref> "Rook" himself has stated many times that his nickname was given to him when he started flying fighters and not during Spaceflight training.
In August 2021, the crew of Inspiration4, including Isaacman, was featured on the cover of a ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine double issue.<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine |last=Kluger |first=Jeffrey |date=2021-08-23 |title=Inside Inspiration 4 |url=https://time.com/magazine/us/6089812/august-23rd-2021-vol-198-no-7-u-s/ |magazine=Time |access-date=2021-09-15}}</ref>
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