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SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission will be launched in the summer of 2023 and will use the EVA spacesuit

2025-01-23 Update From: SLTechnology News&Howtos shulou NAV: SLTechnology News&Howtos > IT Information >

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CTOnews.com, February 26 (Xinhua)-- on the occasion of the first anniversary of the announcement of the Polaris project and its first mission, "Polaris Dawn," this private manned space mission has finally been updated.

First of all, let's briefly introduce its background, that is, the Polaris project. The Polaris project's main goal is to rapidly improve human space flight capabilities, founded by billionaire shift 4 payments founder Jared Isaacman (Jared Isaacman) in collaboration with SpaceX, who also funded and flew the launch of SpaceX's first dragon spaceship, the ultimate goal of which is to transport humans throughout the solar system.

According to reports, the flight is the first of three Polaris missions and will use SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, which will also be Crew Dragon's 11th manned flight. Officials say the launch mission will be no earlier than the summer of 2023.

▲ Polaris Dawn crew. (photo Source: Polaris Program) the mission will attempt to reach the highest Earth orbit ever flown, with an apogee of about 1400 kilometers above the earth. (CTOnews.com Science Popularization: the previous record is 1368 km set by Gemini 11 in 1966).

It is reported that the Polaris Dawn crew includes Shift4 Payments CEO Isaacman, pilot Scott "Kidd" Poteet and engineers Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon.

Over the past year, the team has simulated missions, flown fighter jets and even climbed mountains in Ecuador, and they are ready for the next five-day mission, according to the Polaris project's website.

Polaris added that the mission would be based on the 2021 Inspiration4 mission, the world's first universal space flight commanded by Isaacman.

In addition to the record-breaking orbital goals, the Polaris Dawn crew will undertake several other goals, including the first extravehicular activity for a commercial mission, when a non-astronaut-based crew will conduct a spacewalk outside the spacecraft and will use SpaceX's EVA spacesuit for the first time (you have already seen IVA, and here EVA refers to extravehicular service).

In addition, the team will conduct a series of scientific studies aimed at promoting human health on Earth and deepening our understanding of how long-term space flight affects health, including the use of wearable technologies, such as contact lenses to monitor changes in the shape of astronauts' eyeballs, and ultrasonic equipment to measure the physiological and biological characteristics of astronauts during launch and after splashing down. It is worth mentioning that Polaris Dawn will also test Starlink-based laser communication systems in space.

The crew conducted a variety of scientific research during the five-day mission, using approximately 38 scientific research experimental kits from 23 institutions. The mission also had a humanitarian goal, and the crew visited St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Tennessee during the year of preparing to meet with medical staff and patients and raise funds for the hospital. The Polaris Dawn team will also provide Starlink networks to 100 schools in Chile and Brazil to improve Internet connectivity in poor communities.

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