Update: August 27, 10:26 p.m.
ET: SpaceX wont attempt a launch on early Wednesday morning.
Teams will continue to monitor weather for favorable launch and return conditions.
Conceptual image showing what the upcoming spacewalk might look like.© Polaris Program via X
Update: August 27, 4:30 p.m.
ET: The second attempt to launch the Polaris Dawn mission is now scheduled for 3:38 a.m.
ET on Wednesday, August 28.
The live broadcast, available at SpaceXswebsiteand viaX, is scheduled to begin at 12:05 a.m. Theres an 85% chance of favorable weather for launch,accordingto the company.
Two backup times are set, the first at 5:23 a.m.
ET and the second at 7:09 a.m. And if its scrubbed again, there are three more target windows at the same times on Thursday morning.
Update: August 27, 8:17 a.m.
ET: The first mission to include a civilian spacewalk will have to wait another day.
Another launch window will open on the morning of August 28.
ThePolaris Dawnteam will launch aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon, with a Falcon 9 rocket performing the lifting duties.
Blast off is scheduled to take place at NASAs Kennedy Space Center at 3:38 a.m.
ET on Tuesday, August 27.
If a launch during those times is impossible, the launch could take place during the following morning.
The launch will be livestreamed starting 3.5 hours before liftoff on the SpaceXwebsite, and viaX.
The current record, held by the 1966 Gemini XImission, is 853 miles (1,373 kilometers).
These include gathering data on radiation conditions in space and conducting several experiments related to human survival in space.
Previously, all spacewalks had been carried out by astronauts from government space agencies.
If all goes well, the spacewalk will be just one of several firsts.
Polaris Dawn will include the inaugural deployment of SpaceXs extravehicular activity (EVA) space suit.
The suit was also designed to be scaled up for different body types, allowing for mass production.
The crew will also be the first to test out Starlinks laser-based communications in space.
Among Polaris Dawns crew members is the person funding the mission.
Isaacman previouslywent to space aboard Inspiration4, the first all-civilian trip to orbit.
Along with the rest of the Polaris Dawn crew, he hasspent the past two yearstraining for the mission.
No launch dates have been announced for the follow-up missions.
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