Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space

Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space
Genre	Spaceflight documentary
Based on	SpaceX Inspiration4 mission
Directed by	Jason Hehir
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	5
Production
Production locations	United States, low Earth orbit
Production companies	TIME Studios Known Words + Pictures JMH Films
Original release
Release	6 September (2021-09-06) – 30 September 2021 (2021-09-30)

Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space is a 2021 American five-part docuseries jointly produced by Netflix and Time Studios to chronicle, in near real-time, the successful SpaceX Inspiration4 orbital mission which occurred in September 2021.

Netflix confirmed the production of the documentary series about the first all-civilian orbital mission on its Twitter account on 3 August 2021^[1][2]

The project began in January 2021.^[3]

SpaceX founder Elon Musk used social media to urge his followers to watch the Netflix series. On the day of Inspiration4's launch, he also used Twitter to urge his followers to tune into the Netflix YouTube channel to watch the launch of the historic mission.^[4]

The first four episodes were released for streaming on schedule, airing 6 and 13 September 2021. The final episode was released on 30 September and captured the Inspiration4 crew's launch, orbital activities, and successful return to Earth.^[3]

Early reviews of the series praised its portrayal of the civilian crew and its in-orbit footage, but also criticized the initial episodes as overly promotional.^[5][6]

Jeff Foust indicated that while the exclusive footage and the interviews were fascinating, the docuseries lacked drama, and expressed the concern that it could be a new template for Space Age media relations^[7]

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• Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space on Netflix
• Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space at IMDb