in September 2024 SpaceX made history once again with the Polaris Dawn Mission a groundbreaking private space mission led by Jared ISAC man launching on September 10th Polaris Dawn aimed to achieve Milestones never before attempted in private space exploration the mission's four crew members including Isaac man pilot Scott potit and space asex Engineers Sarah Gillis and Anna Menan spent five intense days in Earth's orbit one of the mission's main goals was to push the boundaries of human space travel the crew reached an altitude of 870 Mi the highest any astronauts have traveled in low earth orbit since the Apollo era then came the Highlight the first ever private spacewalk wearing spacex's newly designed extra vehicular suits Jared isaacman and Sarah Gillis stepped out of the Dragon spacecraft testing equipment that could one day be used for Missions to Mars Stay checked back at home we all have a lot of work to do but from here bir Ser looks like a perfect world Commander Jared Isaac men now emerging test Matrix one watching from the nose cone similarly with left right and up down a bit of a pitch but all keepable but Polaris Dawn wasn't just about exploration it carried 36 science experiments aimed at understanding the effects of space travel on human health the data collected will be vital for NASA's future deep space missions after completing their objectives the crew returned safely to Earth splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico on September 15th 2024 and there you can cop our first live view with the side hatch open pois Dawn took us one step closer to the future of space exploration testing the limits today to make Mars a reality tomorrow