SpaceX is preparing to launch two of its employees and two other private citizens on the company's most ambitious mission yet, including the first private spacewalk and sending humans into the deepest orbit since the Apollo program.
SpaceX is preparing to launch two of its employees and two other private citizens on the company's most ambitious mission yet, including the first private spacewalk and sending humans into the deepest orbit since the Apollo program. The Polaris Dawn mission is scheduled to launch on Aug. 26 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39A. The launch window opens at 3:30 a.m. ET on Aug. 26 and runs through 7 a.m.
"This is the farthest humans have traveled since the last time humans walked on the Moon more than 50 years ago. And, to my crew members, Sarah and Anna will be the women who've traveled farthest from the Earth ever, which I think is pretty is pretty cool," Isaacman said. The second major objective of the mission is completing the first commercial spacewalk at 430 miles above Earth using the newly developed SpaceX spacesuits.
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SpaceX targeting Aug. 26 for historic Polaris Dawn astronaut missionMichael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
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