Elon Musk’s SpaceX has pushed the first launch of the crewed private Polaris Program back to Wednesday. This is the first spacewalk ever conducted by a private company, marking a significant milestone in commercial space exploration. The mission will also feature the first use of SpaceX-developed spacesuits for extravehicular activity.The mission plans to reach a high orbit of 1,400 kilometers from Earth, the farthest distance humans have traveled from Earth since the end of the Apollo lunar program in 1972, setting a new record.Two female SpaceX engineers will participate in the mission and are expected to become the women who have traveled the farthest from Earth.Musk has called this mission an “epic achievement” and a pioneering step in the interplanetary age. If successful, it will lay
SpaceX Spacewalk Completed: What Excites You Most?
As part of the Polaris Dawn mission launched two days ago, four crew members have just completed the world's first commercial spacewalk today. The Falcon 9 rocket, carrying out the Polaris Dawn mission, launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending four crew members into space: billionaire Jared Isaacman, SpaceX engineers Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon, and pilot Scott Poteet.
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