Airstrip One News on Nostr: After nearly five days on orbit, Dragon and the Polaris Dawn crew safely splashed ...
After nearly five days on orbit, Dragon and the Polaris Dawn crew safely splashed down at 3:36 a.m. ET on Sunday, September 15 off the coast of Dry Tortugas, Florida, completing the first human spaceflight mission of the Polaris Program.
MISSION OBJECTIVES
Falcon 9 launched Polaris Dawn to low-Earth orbit on Tuesday, September 10 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During their multi-day mission to orbit, Dragon and the crew reached 1,408.1 km – the highest Earth orbit ever flown since the Apollo program, participated in the first-ever extravehicular activity (EVA) from Dragon wearing SpaceX-developed EVA
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=polarisdawn
MISSION OBJECTIVES
Falcon 9 launched Polaris Dawn to low-Earth orbit on Tuesday, September 10 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During their multi-day mission to orbit, Dragon and the crew reached 1,408.1 km – the highest Earth orbit ever flown since the Apollo program, participated in the first-ever extravehicular activity (EVA) from Dragon wearing SpaceX-developed EVA
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=polarisdawn