- SpaceX's launch is postponed due to unfavorable weather conditions.
The scheduled launch of SpaceX's "Polaris Dawn" expedition has been pushed back. Unfortunately, the mission won't take off as scheduled on either Wednesday or Thursday due to crummy weather predictions in the anticipated landing areas for the spacecraft, as shared via the X messaging service by Jared Isaacman, the project mastermind collaborating with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Isaacman stated, "Patience is key for the hardest journeys, and we're prepared to wait for the perfect timing." He highlighted the need for appropriate weather conditions during re-entry, given the crew's limited lifetime support resources.
The "Polaris Dawn" mission, designed to last up to five days, will have the four-person crew, send off from the Cape Canaveral space center, rocket approximately 868 miles away from Earth - the farthest humans have been from Earth since the Apollo missions to the Moon in the early '70s as per SpaceX.
Joining Isaacman, who will also captain the mission, will be astronauts Kidd Poteet, Sarah Gillis, and Anna Menon aboard the "Dragon" spacecraft. Propelled by a "Falcon 9" rocket, this journey will observe the astronauts conducting a spacewalk to assess a fresh extravehicular activity spacesuit from a private space company.
Despite the delay in the launch of "SpaceX's" "Polaris Dawn" expedition, the crew, including Isaacman, Poteet, Gillis, and Menon, will still embark from the renowned launch site at Cape Canaveral. Once the weather conditions improve, they will soar off into space, reaching a distance of 868 miles from Earth, marking the farthest humans have ventured since the Apollo missions.
