Astronomy:Polaris program
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| Country | United States |
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| Organization | SpaceX |
| Status | Planned |
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| Duration | 2022–present |
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The Polaris Program is a planned human spaceflight program organized by businessman and commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman.[1] Isaacman, who commanded the first all-civilian spaceflight—Inspiration4—in September 2021, purchased flights from SpaceX in order to create the Polaris Program. The first two flights will use the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, while the third flight is planned to be the first crewed Starship flight.[1][2] Polaris Dawn, the first flight, will attempt the first private spacewalk.[3]
NASA and SpaceX signed in September 2022 with the Polaris program an unfunded Space Act Agreement to study the feasibility of a SpaceX and Polaris Program mission to boost the Hubble Space Telescope into a higher orbit with the Crew Dragon.[4]
Flights
| Mission Name | Launch Date | Launch Vehicle | Spacecraft | Orbit | Crew |
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| Polaris Dawn (Mission I) | NET April 2024[5][6] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon C207 Resilience | LEO, 1400 km max altitude[7] |
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| Mission II | TBA | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew Dragon | TBA |  Jared Isaacmanothers TBA |
| Mission III | TBA | Starship launch vehicle | Starship spacecraft | TBA | Jared Isaacman others TBA |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sheetz, Michael (14 February 2022). "Billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman buys more private SpaceX flights, including one on Starship" (in en). CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/14/jared-isaacman-buys-private-spacex-flights-for-polaris-program.html.
- ↑ Davenport, Christian. "Jared Isaacman, who led the first all-private astronaut mission to orbit, has commissioned 3 more flights from SpaceX". Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/14/jared-isaacman-polaris-spacex-starship-inspiration4/.
- ↑ Foust, Jeff (2022-08-01). "December launch planned for Polaris Dawn" (in en-US). https://spacenews.com/december-launch-planned-for-polaris-dawn/.
- ↑ NASA, SpaceX to Study Hubble Telescope Reboost Possibility
- ↑ Foust, Jeff (11 December 2023). "Polaris Dawn rescheduled for April". SpaceNews. https://spacenews.com/polaris-dawn-rescheduled-for-april/.
- ↑ "Polaris Dawn". Polaris Program. https://polarisprogram.com/dawn/.
- ↑ Foust, Jeff (11 December 2023). "Polaris Dawn rescheduled for April". SpaceNews. https://spacenews.com/polaris-dawn-rescheduled-for-april/.
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