Polaris Dawn
Polaris Dawn was a privately funded five-day Crew Dragon mission commanded by Jared Isaacman. The four-person crew reached a 1,408.1-kilometer apogee, conducted the first commercial spacewalk using SpaceX EVA suits, carried out dozens of research studies, and tested laser-based Starlink communications from orbit.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Polaris Dawn Mission
- Name
- Polaris Dawn
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
- Description
- Polaris Dawn was a privately funded five-day Crew Dragon mission commanded by Jared Isaacman. The four-person crew reached a 1,408.1-kilometer apogee, conducted the first commercial spacewalk using SpaceX EVA suits, carried out dozens of research studies, and tested laser-based Starlink communications from orbit.
- End Date
- 2024-09-15
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Completed all major mission objectives and returned the four-person crew safely to Earth
- Program
- Polaris Program
- Start Date
- 2024-09-10
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://polarisprogram.com/dawn/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 20, 2026 at 08:56:04 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 20, 2026 at 08:56:04 UTC
Other
- Affiliations
- Events
- Astronauts
- Nested valueNested value
- Id
- polaris-dawn-commercial-eva
- Kind
- eva
- Name
- First commercial spacewalk
- Notes
- Isaacman and Gillis each partially exited Dragon through the forward hatch while Poteet and Menon remained suited inside the depressurized cabin.
- Status
- completed
- Space Stations
- -
- Vehicles