Polaris Dawn Mission launch expected 26th August will feature first ever private spacewalk

Polaris Dawn Mission Update: Will the common man be able to walk in space in the future? The answer to this question can be found on August 26. A new date has been set for the mission related to the first commercial spacewalk in space. The name of the mission is Polaris Dawn Astronaut Mission. Elon Musk’s company SpaceX is planning to launch it on August 26. If it is launched, it will be the world’s first commercial mission in which the astronauts present will do a spacewalk.

The team associated with the mission posted a video on the social media platform X on Wednesday. Post This information was given in. Earlier, the launch was planned for July 31, which could not be completed. Under the mission, 4 astronauts will be sent to space on SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket. They will be aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule. This launch is to take place from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

The mission is being funded by billionaire Jared Isaacman. He will also command it. Apart from him, Lieutenant Colonel Scott Poteat will fly as a pilot. Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon will play the role of specialists in this mission. Both are operations engineers at SpaceX.

Spacewalk 700km above the earth!

There is a plan to take the Polaris Dawn Mission even higher than the International Space Station (ISS). It will go about 700 kilometers above the Earth, while the ISS is present 400 kilometers above the Earth. According to reports, the astronauts flying under the mission will do a private spacewalk for the first time. SpaceX’s spacesuit will be used during this. It is said that this will be the highest human space flight after the Apollo Moon Mission launched in the 1960s and 1970s.

The mission was to be launched in the year 2022. But it has been delayed. There was hope of launching the mission earlier this year and now the date of 26 August is being looked at.