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SpaceX's historic Polaris Dawn astronaut mission delayed until mid-August
- by Space.com on MSN.com
- Jul 26, 2024
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We'll all have to wait a bit longer to see the first-ever private spacewalk.
SpaceX is now targeting mid- to late August for the launch of Polaris Dawn, a mission funded by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman. The upcoming flight, which will employ SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket, had been slated to lift off no earlier than July 31.
SpaceX announced the delay today (July 26), during a press conference focusing on the company's upcoming Crew-9 astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA. Crew-9 will launch no earlier than Aug. 18, and Polaris Dawn will fly sometime after that, the company said.
"There's a lot going on on ISS right now," Sarah Walker, SpaceX's director of Dragon mission management, said during today's press conference. "We opted to fly the Crew-9 mission as our next [astronaut] mission and are ready to fly Polaris Dawn in late summer, as soon as we fulfill those obligations."
Turns out we have a little bit of time before Polaris Dawn launches, so I will be attending in person. Thanks for the invite @teslaownersSV https://t.co/VHNSeHajM8July 25, 2024
Later in the press conference, Walker clarified that "late summer" means next month: "Right now, we're still planning to launch Polaris Dawn in August."
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