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The four members of a mission of SpaceX They arrived yesterday at Floridafrom where they will take off next week to carry out the first non-governmental spacewalk in history.
The commander of this five-day mission, dubbed Polaris Dawnis the American millionaire Jared Isaacmanwhich already traveled to space in 2021.
“It’s been two and a half years since we announced the Polaris program and it’s been an exciting development and training adventure,” the billionaire said in an undisclosed press conference. How much money have you paid to participate?.
For travel, the company has developed its first generation of spacesuits, entirely white and of appearance futurist.
“It’s going to be epic!” promised the head of SpaceX, Elon Musk. The Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off on Monday, August 26, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Two SpaceX employees will be part of the trip: Sarah Gillis, responsible for training the astronauts, and Anna Menon, who previously worked for the company. NASA. “I have spent years trying to put myself in the shoes of astronauts in space, I really want to experience it myself,” she said. Menon.
The fourth passenger is the former air force pilot Scott Poteet Isaacman’s friend.
The four underwent intensive training that included about 2,000 hours in a simulator, diving, parachuting and climbing the volcano. Cotopaxi, in Ecuador.
“This training was one of the most difficult I have ever done,” he said. can who flew fighter jets for 20 years.
The mission has three main objectives, in addition to carrying out forty experiments on board.
It is proposed to reach an altitude of 1,400 kilometersthe furthest distance for a crew since lunar missions Apollo.
A laser communication test between the spacecraft and SpaceX’s Starlink satellites is also planned. The famous spacewalk will be broadcast live on social media.
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2024-08-22 10:07:33