The five-day Polaris Dawn mission, funded by internet entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, successfully concluded with a splashdown near the Florida coast. The mission broke several records, including the first commercial spacewalk using SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule.
The five-day trip, funded by internet entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, broke several records including the first-ever commercial spacewalk using SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule on Polaris Dawn mission.In this image posted by SpaceX following the first-ever commercial spacewalk by the Polaris Dawn crew, shows mission specialist Sarah Gillis, commander Jared Isaacman, pilot Scott Poteet and mission specialist Anna Menon aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.
The five-day trip, funded by billionaire internet entrepreneur Jared Isaacman in which he served as the mission commander, broke several records including the Isaacman, along with fellow astronaut Sarah Gillis, took turns spending about 20 minutes each outside the capsule taking in the view andin 1966 . The last time humans were this far from the planet was during the Apollo lunar program more than a half-century ago.
This mission was also the first time SpaceX had its own employees on a flight. Gillis is a lead space operations engineer at SpaceX and responsible for overseeing the company’s astronaut training program. She was joined by engineer Anna Menon who manages development of crew operations at SpaceX. The fourth crewmember, Scott"Kidd" Poteet, is a retired Air Force pilot who works with Isaacman.. He also paid for that flight and donated three seats as a fundraiser for St.
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