SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Mission: Updates On Spacewalk
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September 12, 2024 10:43AM EDT
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“As you gaze towards the North Star, remember that your courage lights the path for future explorers. We trust your skills, your bravery, and your teamwork to carry out the mission that lies ahead,” SpaceX launch director Frank Messina said to the crew from ground control.
“Know that the entire team back here is with you every step, watching, supporting, and cheering you on as you walk into space. We’re sending you hugs from the ground.”
Shortly after the capsule reached orbit, Isaacman—who previously funded and participated in the first all-civilian SpaceX mission to orbit in 2021—thanked everyone who supported the mission and came out to watch the liftoff.
“We appreciate it. We’re going to get to work now,” he radioed to mission controllers on the ground.
What’s the Purpose of the Mission?
The five-day mission is set to include the first spacewalk conducted by an all-civilian crew and is designed to take them to the highest orbital altitude reached by humans since the final Apollo moon mission in 1972: 870 miles above Earth’s surface.
While in space, the crew will test new spacesuits and technologies that could pave the way for future long-duration missions to the moon and eventually Mars.
The @PolarisProgram astronaut mission is headed for an altitude 3 times higher than the Space Station, the furthest that humans have been from Earth in over half a century! pic.twitter.com/lYgsA5vMGk
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