Polaris program

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 Inspiration4 spaceflight 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]

This article is about the spaceflight program. For other projects and programs, see Polaris (disambiguation).
Polaris
Program overview
CountryUnited States
OrganizationSpaceX
StatusPlanned
Program history
Duration2022–present
Launch site(s)
Vehicle information
Crewed vehicle(s)
Launch vehicle(s)

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
Polaris program flights
Mission NameLaunch DateLaunch VehicleSpacecraftOrbitCrew
Polaris DawnNET early 2024[5]Falcon 9 Block 5Crew DragonLEO
Mission IITBAFalcon 9 Block 5Crew DragonTBAUnited States Jared Isaacman
others TBA
Mission IIITBAStarshipStarshipTBAUnited States Jared Isaacman
others TBA

See also

References
  1. Sheetz, Michael (14 February 2022). "Billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman buys more private SpaceX flights, including one on Starship". CNBC. CNBC. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  2. Davenport, Christian. "Jared Isaacman, who led the first all-private astronaut mission to orbit, has commissioned 3 more flights from SpaceX". Washington Post. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  3. Foust, Jeff (2022-08-01). "December launch planned for Polaris Dawn". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  4. NASA, SpaceX to Study Hubble Telescope Reboost Possibility
  5. "Polaris Dawn". Polaris Program. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.