SPACE+ACCESS
FIRST PERSON WITH A PHYSICAL DISABILITY TO GO TO SPACE
OUR MISSION.
To empower students from marginalized and underserved communities to achieve their dreams through science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM). To build immersive STEAM curriculum and educational outreach opportunities.​​
Every $1 PROVIDES 40 VIEWS
FOR OUR educational OUTREACH PROGRAM
Accomplishments.
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FIRST PERSON WITH A PHYSICAL DISABILITY to go to space
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FIRST PUERTO RICAN FEMALE to go to space
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CREW INCLUDES TOP STEM educators for youth outreach program
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30 MILLION IMPRESSIONS in the past 6 months
Donations are 100% tax deductible and received by Investor Philanthropic, a 501(c)3 nonprofit fiscal sponsor. TAX ID: 81-3038533
SPONSOR BENEFITS.
GLOBAL HISTORY WILL BE MADE WITH A WORLDWIDE LIVESTREAM TO INSPIRE MILLIONS.
OUR IMPACT.
Historic mission expecting over 80 million impressions. The Space+Access crew includes the first Puerto Rican female commercial astronaut, as well as the first commercial astronaut with a physical disability, first openly bisexual commercial astronaut, and the first African American female commercial astronaut on Blue Origin.
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MISSION PROGRESS.
The Space+Access developmental program accomplished the following over the past six months:
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The mission reached over 40 million organic impressions while developing inclusive astronaut training program
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Integration with John Hopkins University for biomedical research on astronaut health
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Project collaboration highlighted on Good Morning America
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$1.5M raised towards powering the mission
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OUR TEAM.
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Josh Hanes
CEO of Uplift Aerospace
Emily Higgins
Director of Space+
Anna Voelker
Co-Founder of AstroAccess
OUR Ambassadors.
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Dr. Sian Proctor
Inspiration4 Astronaut
Dr. Proctor was the first black female to pilot a spacecraft and was just selected to serve on the White House National Space Council’s Users Advisory Group.
José Hernández
Retired NASA Astronaut
Hernández flew with STS-128 as the mission specialist in August 2009. José holds the title of being the first person to Tweet in Spanish in space.
Nicole Stott
Retired NASA Astronaut
Stott flew with missions STS-128, Expedition 20, Expedition 21, STS-129, and STS-133, living & working in space for 104 days.
REFERRAL BENEFITS PROGRAM.​