The Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch on Wednesday after facing a 24-hour delay.
NASA says Boeing's Starliner astronauts will return to Earth on different spacecraft in February
SpaceX announced Monday that the Falcon 9 rocket that will carry the Polaris Dawn crew to orbit could launch as early as Wednesday at 3:38 a.m. ET from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch was delayed 24 hours from the planned pre-dawn Tuesday blast-off.Umbilical systems employ fluid connectors known as quick disconnects to transfer fluids into a vehicle, according to NASA.
Isaacman, the CEO of the payment-processing company Shift4, will be joined by former Air Force pilot Scott "Kidd" Poteet and two SpaceX engineers, Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis. The spacewalk will also serve as a critical test for SpaceX's new Extravehicular Activity spacesuits, an evolution of the intravehicular activity suit.
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