Polaris Dawn mission that will launch four civilians on privately chartered spaceflight is poised to break new ground with the first-ever commercial spacewalk.
SpaceX is all set to launch the Polaris Dawn mission, aiming for the first-ever private spacewalk. / Photo: AFP
Riding atop a Falcon 9 rocket, the SpaceX Dragon capsule is set to reach a peak altitude of 870 miles — higher than any crewed mission in over half a century, since the Apollo era. The quartet underwent more than two years of training in preparation for the landmark mission, logging hundreds of hours on simulators as well as skydiving, centrifuge training, scuba diving, and summiting an Ecuadorian volcano.
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