How to Watch SpaceX Polaris Dawn Mission

SpaceX and the Polaris Program targeting Tuesday, September 10 at 3:38 a.m. ET for the Polaris Dawn mission to low-Earth orbit via Falcon 9 rocket.

The mission has a four-hour launch window opening at 5:23 a.m. ET and 7:09 a.m. ET. The company can launch this vehicle on the following day if needed. The mission will liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

You can watch the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission via social media site X and a live webcast link is now available starting 3.5 hours before the liftoff. The live webcast will also be available on the X TV app.

Prior to this mission, SpaceX rolled out Falcon 9 and Dragon to the launch pad and stood them vertically. The spacecraft used for this mission previously launched Crew-1 mission and inspiration 4. The company has also finished static fire tests for the first stage and completed crew tests as well.

SpaceX Falcon 9 with Dragon Spacecraft standing vertical on Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida (Source – SpaceX)

This will be the fourth flight for the booster stage. After stage separation, the first stage will land on a droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Objectives

This is a multi-day mission to orbit and the crew will reach the highest Earth orbit achieved after the Apollo program. The mission will be the first-ever commercial astronaut extravehicular activity (EVA) using SpaceX-designed EVA suits.

The mission will conduct 36 research studies and experiments from 36 partners to learn more about human health on Earth and long-term spaceflight missions. The flight will also carry technologies to test Starlink-based communication in space.

The dragon pod will host mission pilot Kidd Poteet, mission specialist Sarah Gillis, medical officer Anna Menon, and commander Jared Isaacman.

The crew will include two SpaceX employees for the first time in a space mission. According to the mission detail, SpaceX will open the Dragon nosecone sequence 12 minutes into the mission time.

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