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Polaris Dawn astronauts perform historic private spacewalk while wearing SpaceX-made suits
A crew of four private astronauts made history in the early hours of Thursday when they opened the hatch of their SpaceX Dragon capsule and conducted the first commercial spacewalk. The spacewalk, the riskiest part of the five-day Polaris Dawn mission, kicked off at 6:12 AM ET when oxygen started flowing into the astronauts’ spacesuits. […]
Polaris Dawn will push the limits of SpaceX’s human spaceflight program — here’s how to watch it launch live
Update 8/27: The Polaris Dawn launch has been pushed back a day and is now planned for Wednesday, August 28 after a helium leak was detected ahead of its takeoff. Update 8/28: The mission was delayed yet again, this time due to unfavorable weather conditions – not at liftoff, which is normally the case, but […]
Polaris Dawn will push the limits of SpaceX’s human spaceflight program — here’s how to watch it launch live
After a nearly three-year interlude, Jared Isaacman is returning to space. The billionaire entrepreneur first went to orbit as part of the Inspiration4 mission, which made history for having a crew comprised entirely of private citizens, not professional astronauts. But with this next mission, Polaris Dawn, he and mission partner SpaceX have set their sights […]