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Polaris dawn mission
September 20 , 2024
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- The Polaris Dawn mission, a landmark journey in private space exploration, concluded with a successful splashdown in Florida.
- This mission marked the highest altitude ever reached by a crewed spacecraft since 1972 and the first commercial spacewalk.
- Polaris Dawn ascended to an impressive altitude of 870 miles.
- This is more than three times higher than the International Space Station.
- This is the furthest, the humans had ever travelled from Earth since the Apollo missions to the Moon.
- During the historic spacewalk, Isaacman and Gillis have tested SpaceX's new spacesuits, assessing their functionality and mobility.
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