July 31, 2024
SpaceX targeting July 31 for launch of historic Polaris Dawn
It will be the second spaceflight for billionaire Jared Isaacman. The first commercial spaceflight mission with a spacewalk now has a launch date.
Polaris Dawn, part of a private human spaceflight program funded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, will launch no earlier than July 31, project representatives announced today (July 3) in a brief statement on X. Isaacman and SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk, whose company will provide Polaris Dawn's Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket, have not yet put statements out on social media. Illustration of a Polaris Dawn crewmember conducting the first-ever private spacewalk.https://assets.newatlas.com/dims4/default/f20f83e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1067x711+0+80/resize/1920x1280!/quality/90/?url=http:newatlas-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com7c289c400ba74d8286eb05b0ef3bb7e71.JPG
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