SpaceX has just released a trailer for the Polaris Dawn mission that will involve the first-ever commercial spacewalk.
The spaceflight company is targeting Tuesday, August 27, for the launch of the mission, which will also see a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft fly to its highest-ever orbit.
Targeting Tuesday, August 27 for launch of Polaris Dawn, the first of the @PolarisProgram’s three human spaceflight missions designed to advance the future of spaceflight pic.twitter.com/w6QF3jBLqt The five-day mission will be led by Isaacman, the billionaire businessman who first flew to orbit as part of the all-civilian Inspiration4 mission in 2021. The other three crew members will be heading to orbit for the first time.
During their time in orbit, the Polaris Dawn crew will also carry out various science research, and become the first crew to test a Starlink laser-based communications system that’s expected to be used for future crewed missions in deep space.
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