SpaceX It is set to send a manned spacecraft the furthest yet. spaceand it will be manned by a crew of four civilians.
During the five-day Polaris Dawn mission, Crew Dragon The capsule is expected to reach its highest ever orbit, 435 miles above Earth. International Space StationThe company’s spacecraft will operate regularly National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Astronaut.
The trip will also be an attempt to make history by becoming the first commercial spacewalk. Space SuitIt is designed to be adaptable to a variety of body types, and the mission will also include 36 research studies and experiments.
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During the five-day Polaris Dawn mission, the Crew Dragon spacecraft is expected to reach its highest-ever orbit, 435 miles above Earth.
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The crew is made up of regular people — and by “regular people,” we mean a billionaire, two SpaceX engineers, and a retired U.S. Air Force fighter pilot. Jared IsaacmanThe NASA Space Program is the mission’s sponsor and commander. Other passengers on board are pilot Scott Kidd-Poteet, mission specialist Sarah Gillis, and medical officer Anna Menon.
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If everything goes as planned, Menon will hit her husband. Dr. Anil Menoninto space. Prior to being hired by NASA for astronaut training in 2021, Dr. Menon served as medical director for SpaceX.
How to watch the Polaris Dawn launch
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Polaris Dawn is scheduled to launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Tuesday, August 27, 3:38 AMThere are two more launch opportunities within the four-hour window, at 5:23 a.m. ET and 7:09 a.m. ET.
The live broadcast will begin about three and a half hours before the launch on X, a social platform owned by the founders of SpaceX. Elon Muskthrough Space Company AccountStreaming also planned SpaceX website.
The Polaris Dawn crew will be the first to test SpaceX’s Starlink satellite communications in space.
