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- SpaceX Launches Polaris Dawn Mission with First Private Spacewalk
SpaceX Launches Polaris Dawn Mission with First Private Spacewalk
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Jared Isaacman, a former Air Force Thunderbirds pilot, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Kennedy Space Center. The launch was livestreamed on X, and marked the beginning of the Polaris Dawn mission. Isaacman shared the cost of the mission with SpaceX, which included developing and testing new spacesuits. The mission is a five-day spacewalk, with a scheduled spacewalk on Thursday.
I wasn't alive when humans walked on the moon. I'd certainly like my kids to see humans walking on the moon and Mars, and venturing out and exploring our solar system.
We wouldn't be on this journey without all 14,000 of you back at SpaceX and everyone else cheering us on.
We're really starting to push the frontiers with the private sector.
May you make history and come home safely.
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perspectives
organizations
- 1.SpaceX
- 2.National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 3.Air Force Thunderbirds
- 4.St Jude Children's Research Hospital
- 5.Twitter/X
- 6.Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- 7.Kennedy Space Center
- 8.Science and Educational Media Group
- 9.Shift4 Payments
- 10.US Air Force
persons
- 1.Jared Isaacman
- 2.Anna Menon
- 3.Elon Musk
- 4.Sarah Gillis
- 5.Scott "Kidd" Poteet
- 6.Frank Messina
- 7.William Gerstenmaier