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LAUNCHED: Polaris Dawn Mission Broadcast: First private spacewalk for SpaceX … IN ORBIT FOR NEXT 5 DAYS

***Update… At some point they will open the capsule and do the spacewalk. Will try to catch it when it goes LIVE. Launch is at 04:45:00 on Replay… Watch live as Falcon 9 launches the @PolarisProgram’s Polaris Dawn crew on a multi-day mission orbiting Earth https://t.co/u1KqQx5AFr — SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 10, 2024 h/t MT Ballsack

Polaris Dawn mission ready for launch; first commercial spacewalk risks deep space challenges ahead.

If it succeeds, Polaris Dawn will be the first non-government mission to perform a spacewalk. But not only that, it’ll do that about 700 kilometres (435 miles) above Earth. To compare: the International Space Station (ISS) orbits Earth at about 400 kilometres, where the… pic.twitter.com/V9eUGo0Yh8 — Civil Learning (@CivilLearning1) August 26, 2024

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