After a history-making mission, the crew of Polaris Dawn returned to to Earth early Sunday morning.
The four-person crew and their dragon capsule splashed down around 3:36 a.m. off the coast of Dry Tortugas, Florida.
Mission Commander Jared Isaacman, Mission Pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet, Mission Specialist Sarah Gillis and Mission Specialist and Medical Officer Anna Menon launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center at 5:23 a.m. on Sept. 10.
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Dragon and the @PolarisProgram Polaris Dawn astronauts are set to return to Earth and splash down off the coast of Dry Tortugas, Florida on Sunday, September 15 at 3:36 a.m. ET → https://t.co/WpSw0gzeT0 pic.twitter.com/DzgsQtmvqT
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 14, 2024
On Thursday, a tech billionaire performed the first private spacewalk to help test SpaceX’s new spacesuits.
This spacewalk was simple and quick — the hatch was open barely a half hour — compared with the drawn-out affairs conducted by NASA.
During the mission, SpaceX also aimed to test in-space communications, reach a higher altitude than even the International Space Station and conduct critical research about the impact of long-term space flights on human health.
ClickOrlando will stream the splashdown live when it happens.
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