Falcon 9 launches @PolarisProgram's Polaris Dawn, Dragon’s 14th human spaceflight mission pic.twitter.com/DCd0s0Tl8P
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 10, 2024
Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 02:01pm on 10 Sep 2024,Tuesday Science
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission has launched, sending four civilians, including SpaceX engineers and billionaire Jared Isaacman, on a historic journey. The crew aims to break records by flying higher than NASA's 1966 Gemini 11 mission and conducting the first-ever commercial spacewalk. The mission, which took off from Kennedy Space Center, is also significant as the crew will explore the hazardous Van Allen radiation belts and test the limits of human space exploration. SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 rocket was used for the mission, with the crew scheduled to spend five days in orbit before returning to Earth.
