SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission aims to test newly designed spacesuits.
in more ways than one. Polaris Dawn plans to not only orbit Earth higher than any astronauts have in more than 50 years but to also feature the first private spacewalk.It will feature a crew of four: the mission’s commander, Jared Isaacman; Scott Poteet, a 20-year Air Force veteran pilot; and SpaceX employees Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis. Launching on a, I see this mission as a major step in the development of commercial spaceflight.
Polaris Dawn is just the first of three planned Polaris missions. While few details have been released about the second,to conduct its own missions to the Moon and Mars, it will need to develop and test the many elements that such missions will require. It will need to design and test EVA suits, complete longer missions that mimic the time needed to get to places such as the Moon, and demonstrate an ability to communicate with Earth.
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