Space X’s Polaris Dawn Flies on a Record-High Orbit, Will Attempt First Private Spacewalk by Billionaire Jared Isaacman
The human saga in space continues unabated with the launch of the four-person Polaris Dawn mission.
Launched early yesterday, it is already making some spaceflight history as it is flying in the highest orbit ever achieved, higher than the 1966 Gemini Eleven record.
Polaris Dawn, which will also attempt to conduct the first-ever private spacewalk, was launched atop a SpaceX Falcon from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
Space.com reported:
“The launch was originally supposed to occur on Aug. 26, but SpaceX stood down from that attempt to perform more preflight checks. A try the following day was nixed after the mission team detected a helium leak in the equipment supporting the Falcon 9.
