SpaceX launches all-civilian crew for first private spacewalk
Tuesday, 10 September 2024 SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission launched successfully after several weather delays, sending a four-person civilian crew into Earth's Van Allen radiation belts. Led by billionaire Jared Isaacman, this mission includes the first commercial spacewalk and aims to surpass NASA’s Gemini 11 mission’s highest Earth orbit record. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Nasa's Kennedy Space Center.
The SpaceX crew that will ferry back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station arrives at the orbiting laboratory. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov..
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission capsule splashes down off the coast of Florida after making history when its crew conducted the first-ever spacewalk by non-professional astronauts. The Dragon spacecraft..
Isaacman was tethered to the SpaceX craft during his spacewalk, and Nicole says the whole thing was safe. She says there is no more danger to a civilian than for a NASA astronaut, as private..
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission has transported four astronauts to a record distance from Earth since Apollo 11. The crew is set for the first all-private... IndiaTimes
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
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