Hold onto your spacesuits! The four-member crew of SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission is gearing up for a groundbreaking six-day journey set to launch August 26 from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. This isn’t just any mission—it’ll feature the first-ever privately managed spacewalk, a milestone previously achieved only by government astronauts.
Led by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman (CEO of Shift4 and the mastermind behind Polaris), the diverse crew includes a retired Air Force pilot and two SpaceX employees. After two years of intense training, they’ll test SpaceX’s new spacesuits during a tethered spacewalk from the Crew Dragon capsule. Talk about #MondayMotivation!
Isaacman, who’s personally funding the mission, called it a 'critical step' toward making human life multiplanetary—possibly even paving the way for Mars colonization. The spacewalk is scheduled for Day 3, with the team aiming to push the boundaries of commercial spaceflight.
Stay tuned: Liftoff is at 3:38 a.m. ET next Monday. Could this be the start of a Star Trek-esque future?
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The four-member crew of SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission is gearing up for a groundbreaking six-day journey set to launch August 26 from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. This isn’t just any mission—it’ll feature the first-ever privately managed spacewalk, a milestone previously achieved only by government astronauts.
Talk about #MondayMotivation!
The spacewalk is scheduled for Day 3, with the team aiming to push the boundaries of commercial spaceflight.
