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Elon Musk's SpaceX is about to perform the first commercial spacewalk
SpaceX will launch a team of four private astronauts 1,400 km above Earth on a risky mission aimed at the first spacewalk by a private spacecraft.
The Polaris Dawn mission is the first of three manned space flights that will culminate in the first human spaceflight on SpaceX spacecraft, a startup owned by billionaire Elon Musk.
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The “Polaris Program” is made up of three human-manned space missions to improve SpaceX’s capabilities. Once they are completed, the next mission will be to fly with humans for the first time on Starship, which is currently in the testing phase.
“The Polaris Program is an important step toward human space exploration and, at the same time, toward solving problems on Earth through innovative technologies,” said billionaire Jared Isaacman, commander of the Polaris Program.
He previously commanded the world's first civilian mission in orbit, Inspiration4, in September 2021. “Throughout the mission, our goal will be to inspire humanity to look up and imagine what we can achieve here on Earth and in worlds beyond our own”, he states.
The Polaris Dawn mission will launch in the coming days, until SpaceX confirms that the weather is favorable for the flight and return. Liftoff will take place at Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The astronauts will be in a SpaceX Dragon capsule inside a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. For exact times and where to watch the live stream, check the Polaris on X feed, the SpaceX website, and the SpaceX YouTube channel for updates .
The Polaris Dawn crew will spend up to five days in orbit, flying higher than any other Dragon mission to date and reaching the highest Earth orbit ever visited.