Jared Isaacman, far left, and crewmates Sarah Gillis, Anna Menon and Scott “Kidd” Poteet arrived at the Kennedy Space Center on Aug. 19 in preparation for launch on the privately funded Polaris Dawn charter flight.
Credit: John Kraus/Polaris Program
Spacecraft depressurization is one of the greatest risks of crewed flight, so the idea of intentionally subjecting a crewed vehicle to vacuum would typically land somewhere between counterintuitive and crazy. SpaceX will attempt to reframe that thinking with the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission, a five...
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