SpaceX has simply launched a trailer for the Polaris Dawn mission that may contain the first-ever business spacewalk.
The spaceflight firm is targeting Tuesday, August 27, for the launch of the mission, which will even see a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft fly to its highest-ever orbit.
The 70-second video (beneath) reveals the 4 crew members — Jared Isaacman, Scott Poteet, Sarah Gillis, and Anna Menon — getting ready for his or her upcoming journey, with among the footage captured from contained in the Crew Dragon that will likely be taking them to house.
Targeting Tuesday, August 27 for launch of Polaris Dawn, the primary of the @PolarisProgram’s three human spaceflight missions designed to advance the way forward for spaceflight pic.twitter.com/w6QF3jBLqt
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 21, 2024
The five-day mission will likely be led by Isaacman, the billionaire businessman who first flew to orbit as a part of the all-civilian Inspiration4 mission in 2021. The different three crew members will likely be heading to orbit for the primary time.
The much-anticipated spacewalk will happen round 435 miles (700 kilometers) above Earth, the best altitude ever reached by a Crew Dragon. This will take it round 185 miles (298 kilometers) above the International Space Station (ISS), which is the vacation spot for many Crew Dragon flights as a part of crew rotation operations aboard the orbital laboratory. The spacewalk will likely be used to verify the performance of recent spacesuits that supply extra flexibility and motion than the bulkier designs lengthy utilized by astronauts on the ISS.
During their time in orbit, the Polaris Dawn crew will even perform varied science analysis, and develop into the primary crew to check a Starlink laser-based communications system that’s anticipated for use for future crewed missions in deep house.
SpaceX additionally shared numerous photographs on Wednesday, exhibiting the crew and likewise the spacecraft on the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, from the place the mission will launch.
Our day by day quarantine routine consists of operating round LC-39A—the place so many historic missions launched. Yesterday, we checked in on our booster, 2nd stage & Dragon. We additionally signed our flight-proven {hardware}—a cool expertise distinctive to @SpaceX’s reusable tech. Without it, missions… https://t.co/0j6nGSSXh2 pic.twitter.com/nFpihTCKbE
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Shortly thereafter, Dragon arrived at our hangar at pad 39A forward of Falcon 9’s launch of Polaris Dawn pic.twitter.com/HdNYlXCPnQ
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 21, 2024