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Ridgewood NJ, early yesterday morning, SpaceX successfully launched its groundbreaking Polaris Dawn mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This mission is set to push the boundaries of space exploration, taking its four-person civilian crew an astounding 870 miles above Earth—farther than any human has traveled since NASA’s Apollo missions to the moon. At over three times the height of the International Space Station, this journey marks a historic leap for private space travel.
The Polaris Dawn crew is led by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, alongside retired Air Force Lt. Col. Scott Poteet and SpaceX engineers Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon. This week, the mission will attempt the first-ever civilian spacewalk, scheduled for Thursday, with two of the crew members stepping outside their spacecraft for a groundbreaking extravehicular activity. The five-day mission will focus on testing SpaceX-designed spacesuits, a Starlink laser-based communication system, and advanced medical technologies aimed at supporting future space exploration.
Polaris Dawn is just the beginning. As the first of three planned missions under the Polaris Program, it is part of a broader vision to advance space technology and exploration, laying the groundwork for future missions to the moon and Mars.
Stay tuned as this mission makes history, expanding the frontier of human space travel and setting the stage for even more ambitious ventures in the cosmos.
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