Polaris Dawn!

Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-09-10, 09:23
Scheduled for (local) 2024-09-10, 05:23 (EDT)
Mission Polaris Dawn
Launch site LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Booster B1083-4
Landing site Just Read the Instructions
Dragon Resilience C207-3
Commander Jared Isaacman
Pilot Scott Poteet
Mission Specialist Sarah Gillis
Mission Specialist Anna Menon

Webcasts

Stream Link
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6et8-MVR3Qg
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzVVSxAXicw
NASASpaceflight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP8fbz_sVfU
Everyday Astronaut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWOYQ5Dto7c
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAs5qzu9VwQ
SpaceX https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1833358277805039800
The Space Devs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDCcRWoGNJs

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 17th launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 28 days, 21:01:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 91st landing on JRTI

☑️ 18th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch if successful

☑️ 87th Falcon 9 launch this year, 373rd Falcon 9 launch overall

☑️ 347th Falcon booster landing if successful, 358th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 88th SpaceX mission this year, 388th overall (excluding Starship hops)

☑️ 90th SpaceX launch this year, 401st overall (including Starship hops)


Mission info

Polaris Dawn is a crew mission aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft. The Polaris Dawn crew (Commander Jared Isaacman, Pilot Scott Poteet, and Mission Specialists Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon) will spend up to five days in orbit, flying higher than any Dragon mission to date and will attempt to reach the highest Earth orbit flown since the Apollo program. The Polaris Dawn crew will support scientific research designed to advance both human health on Earth and our understanding of human health during future long-duration spaceflight, be the first to test Starlink laser-based communications in space, and will attempt the first spacewalk from a Dragon Spacecraft.