STATUS
COMPLETED
AGENCY
SpaceX / Polaris Program
MISSION TYPE
Crewed Dragon Mission
TARGET
Earth Orbit
LAUNCH
10 September 2024
ARRIVAL / RETURN
Returned 15 September 2024
MISSION OVERVIEW
About the mission
Polaris Dawn was a private human spaceflight mission operated using SpaceX Crew Dragon. During the mission the crew reached a high Earth orbit and conducted the first extravehicular activity from a Dragon spacecraft.
OBJECTIVES
What is it trying to achieve?
01Conduct a high-altitude crewed mission.
02Test SpaceX EVA suits.
03Perform a commercial spacewalk.
04Conduct scientific research and communications tests.