This will be noteworthy for a number of reasons.
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SpaceX plans to launch its billionaire backer into orbit within the next few weeks for the world’s first private spacewalk — provided the mission isn’t postponed again.
As Space.com report, Elon Musk’s company He acknowledged this at a press conference. The company announced last weekend that the launch of its Polaris Dawn mission will no longer take place any sooner than Aug. 19, after being rescheduled from July 31.
This mission is Fintech billionaire Jared Isaacman First flight aboard Falcon 9 rocket Space tourists attempt spacewalksThe launch of another of the company’s rockets has been postponed. Explosion in early July However, the official reason for the blunder appears to be traffic-related.
“There’s a lot going on [the International Space Station] “For now,” Sarah Walker, SpaceX’s Dragon mission manager, explained at a press conference, “we have chosen to fly the Crew-9 mission as our next mission. [astronaut] “We will accomplish that mission and once we have fulfilled that obligation, we will be ready to fly Polaris Dawn in late summer.”
She later clarified that by “late summer” she meant sometime in August. Space.com Note.
Solo-like flight
This is not the first time Isaacman took off aboard a SpaceX rocket. — He previously An incredibly expensive orbital vacation This isn’t the first time the launch date for this particular mission has been postponed in 2021.
As Space.com Polaris Dawn was originally scheduled for late 2022 but has been delayed multiple times. Given the official causes of delays, it’s unclear if this latest delay is due to the Falcon 9 explosion.
The Polaris Dawn mission It was meant to be the first of three. This mission, the second after the first, will finally launch, but it won’t be attached to the ISS; instead, Isaacman and his colleagues will fly further into Earth’s orbit than any previous Dragon mission.
Postponements aside, it will still be incredible to see Isaacman and crew take off with him.Ride the Whip He will be the first space tourist in history.
Updated to provide more details about the Falcon 9 malfunction.
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