The mission was previously delayed over a ground-side helium leak. Embarking on a new chapter of private space exploration, the Polaris Dawn mission is poised to make history by launching four ...

The move is likely to further delay billionaire Jared Isaacman’s planned return to space on the Polaris Dawn mission, which had its own launch called off because of weather concerns.

Update 8/27: The Polaris Dawn launch has been pushed back a day and is now planned for Wednesday, August 28 after a helium leak was detected ahead of its takeoff. After a nearly three-year ...

The mission, dubbed Polaris Dawn, was set to take off as soon as 3:38 a.m. ET Wednesday — but the company opted to delay takeoff because of unfavorable weather conditions for the crew’s return ...

A helium leak at the launch site of the Polaris Dawn mission at Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida pushed back Tuesday’s attempt, while poor weather forced SpaceX to stand down from the ...

The company said the Polaris Dawn launch was off until at least Friday, weather permitting. "Our launch criteria are heavily constrained by forecasted splashdown weather conditions," mission ...

SpaceX’s upcoming Polaris Dawn mission aims to be historic in more ways than one. Polaris Dawn plans to not only orbit Earth higher than any astronauts have in more than 50 years but to also ...

SpaceX's historic Polaris Dawn astronaut mission has been delayed again. Polaris Dawn was originally scheduled to launch early Monday morning (Aug. 26) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...

UPDATE 8/28/24: After pushing back the initial launch from Tuesday to Wednesday this week to check a helium leak in the launch system, SpaceX once again delayed Polaris Dawn’s launch ...

Isaacman said Polaris Dawn was aiming to “push the boundaries of private spaceflight and inspire” but no official date of launch has been made public. He said: ““This is the inspirational ...

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