SpaceX Polaris Dawn private spacewalk mission
Find out the latest about SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn spacewalk mission for billionaire Jared Isaacman.
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission will launch American billionaire Jared Isaacman and three others early on Sept. 10 on a five-day flight to attempt the world's first private spacewalk.
The mission is the first of three Polaris Program spaceflights with SpaceX, and the second personally financed by Isaacman.
The Polaris Dawn mission is scheduled to launch sometime in the near future, pending favorable weather at Dragon's recovery zones off the coast of Florida.
Liftoff! SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launches the private Polaris Dawn mission on a five-day trip to make the world's first commercial spacewalk.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Polaris Dawn astronauts on the Crew Dragon Resilience is just 5 minutes from liftoff.
The four Polaris Dawn astronauts now in their last few minutes on Earth before launching into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The bridge-like Crew Access Arm has been retracted clear of the Falcon 9 rocket ahead of the Polaris Dawn astronaut launch.
SpaceX reports there's now only a 20% chance of weather violations, so that's an 80% chance of good weather for launch.