Space Tourists Enter Open Space for the First Time
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The Polaris Dawn mission, which started on September 10, is the first commercial research mission of its kind. The Crew Dragon spacecraft, launched by a Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, ascended to an impressive 1,400 km above Earth—the highest altitude humans have reached in over 50 years.
The crew included Jared Isaacman, retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel Scott Poteet, and SpaceX engineers Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis. The mission set a record for the farthest space travel for women astronauts.
The mission will last another two days, during which the crew will conduct around 40 experiments before returning to Earth with a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.
The mission will last another two days, during which the crew will conduct around 40 experiments before returning to Earth with a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.
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