Spacecraft Landing
Polaris Dawn Crew Dragon Splashdown
Atlantic Ocean Falcon 9 Block 5 | Polaris Dawn
The Crew Dragon for Polaris Dawn will splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, bringing its crew back to Earth after spending 5 days in orbit.
Updates
LL2 • Sept. 15, 2024, 6:15 a.m.
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Nosu • Sept. 14, 2024, 8:30 p.m.
Adding splashdown time
Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 14, 2024, 4:50 a.m.
Added splashdown.
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Polaris Dawn
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 10, 2024, 9:23 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
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First mission of the privately funded Polaris program. The goal of this mission, lasting up to five days in orbit, is to fly higher than previous Dragon missions, perform the first-ever commercial EVA with SpaceX-designed spacesuits, orbit through portions of the Van Allen radiation belt, conduct medical research, and test laser-based Starlink communications in space.
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