{"id":1490011,"date":"2024-09-15T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1490011"},"modified":"2024-09-15T13:55:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T17:55:00","slug":"welcome-back-to-planet-earth-spacex-polaris-dawn-crew-returns-after-historic-spacewalk-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/welcome-back-to-planet-earth-spacex-polaris-dawn-crew-returns-after-historic-spacewalk-mission\/1490011\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Back To Planet Earth:\u00a0SpaceX Polaris Dawn Crew Returns After Historic Spacewalk Mission\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome Back To Planet Earth:\u00a0SpaceX Polaris Dawn Crew Returns After Historic Spacewalk Mission\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The five-day Polaris Dawn mission, operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, ended early Sunday as the\u00a0Crew Dragon capsule safely splashed down off the coast of Florida.\u00a0The mission, hailed as a massive success, featured the world’s first commercial spacewalk<\/a> with astronauts traveling further into space than any humans for more than half a century and\u00a0marked a breakthrough in testing inter-satellite laser communication through SpaceX’s Starlink network.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts, including billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis, and two others, splashed down off the coast of Dry Tortugas, Florida, around 0337 ET.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dragon and the Polaris Dawn crew returning to Earth pic.twitter.com\/p8hpwuT7lP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Dragon\u2019s four main parachutes have deployed pic.twitter.com\/qegPjNW5iT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Welcome back to planet Earth.<\/p>\n

Splashdown of Dragon confirmed! Welcome back to Earth, @rookisaacman<\/a>, @kiddpoteet<\/a>, @Gillis_SarahE<\/a>, @annawmenon<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/nILpMQh2sR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Dragon’s hatch is open and the Polaris Dawn crew is getting ready to exit the spacecraft pic.twitter.com\/KItVBSwJff<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

By 0600 ET, the crew exited the\u00a0Crew Dragon capsule.\u00a0<\/p>\n

pic.twitter.com\/efEp2efpEN<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Dragon and the Polaris Dawn crew splash down off the coast of Florida, completing the @PolarisProgram<\/a>‘s first human spaceflight mission pic.twitter.com\/Sobt66zxnL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

The mission’s top focus was testing\u00a0SpaceX’s most advanced spacesuits at an\u00a0apogee –\u00a0or farthest point from Earth – than\u00a0any human has traveled since NASA’s Apollo Program ended in 1972<\/a>. Astronauts\u00a0Isaacman and Gillis exited the spacecraft for ten minutes each to test the new suits.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0inter-satellite laser communication between the Dragon Spacecraft and SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation was also successfully tested during the mission.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Looking ahead, Musk revealed one week ago that\u00a0the\u00a0Starship mega rocket will begin flying Mars missions in two years when the\u00a0next Earth-Mars transfer window opens.\u00a0The mission will be\u00a0uncrewed<\/a> to test the rocket’s ability to land intact on the Red Planet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Democrats are fuming over SpaceX’s space successes, while Boeing’s Starship and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin are\u00a0light-years behind Musk.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

So far, the Biden administration has not congratulated Musk on Polaris Dawn’s push to advance humanity toward becoming a multi-planetary species because of politics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSun, 09\/15\/2024 – 09:55<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/welcome-back-planet-earth-spacex-polaris-dawn-crew-returns-after-historic-spacewalk<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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