<h5>What is Polaris Dawn?</h5><p>On 10th September 2024, a SpaceX rocket launched from Florida, USA, carrying American billionaire Jared Isaacman and three other crew members into orbit to undertake the world’s first private spacewalk.</p><p>The five-day mission, Polaris Dawn, is the first of three missions under the Polaris Program. Isaacman and SpaceX are jointly conducting it.</p><p>The recent launch was initially scheduled for the last week of August but was delayed due to technical issues and bad weather.</p><h5>Objectives of this mission.</h5><p>This mission aims to reach the highest Earth orbit ever flown and conduct various research to understand the effects of spaceflight and space radiation on human health.</p><p>Later, the spacecraft will drop to a lower orbit, where the other objectives, like the spacewalk, will be conducted.</p><p>The crew will attempt the first private spacewalk wearing SpaceX-designed spacesuits. The spacewalk is crucial for testing the new suits, which could lead to designing spacesuits for future long-duration missions to Mars, the Moon, and other planets.</p><p>The crew will also test Starlink laser-based communications in space, which can provide data to improve space communications systems for future missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.</p><p>The mission will also improve our understanding of human health during future long-duration missions and enhance human health on Earth.</p><p>The mission's four-person crew includes Isaacman, Scott Poteet, Sarah Gillis, and Anna Menon. Reports say, Isaacman and Gillis will perform the spacewalk today, while the other two will stay inside the spaceship to ensure nothing goes awry.</p><figure class="image"><img alt="Crew.jpg" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/newsahoot.appspot.com/Crew_8ab1759526.jpg"><figcaption>The mission crew. Photo by Polaris Program Photos</figcaption></figure><h5>About Jared Isaacman.</h5><p>Jared Isaacman is a tech billionaire who founded Shift4 Payments, a payment-processing company while living with his parents. He got the idea for this when he was 15 years old and working for a local company.</p><p>He worked hard to establish his company, which eventually flourished and quickly became a favourite among many hotels and restaurants nationwide. The company currently has many customers across the US, Canada, Japan and Europe.</p><p>In 2011, he founded Draken International, a defence company that helps train US Air Force pilots. He also shares a love for flying and has attended the flight school.</p>

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