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Polaris Dawn: Private crewed spaceflight
Polaris Dawn is a private crewed spaceflight operated by SpaceX on behalf of Shift4 CEO Jared Isaacman, the first of three planned missions in the Polaris program. Launched 10 September 2024 as the 14th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, Isaacman and his crew of three — Scott Poteet, Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon — are in a elliptic orbit that took them 1,408.1 kilometers (875.0 mi) away from Earth, the farthest anyone has been since NASA's Apollo program. They passed through parts of the Van Allen radiation belt to study the health effects of space radiation and spaceflight on the human body. Later in the mission, Isaacman and Gillis plan the first commercial spacewalk.

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SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew set to begin first private spacewalk [Video]

SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew set to begin first private spacewalk

Credit: FRANCE 24 English     Duration: 03:20Published

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