Polaris Dawn crew, SpaceX discuss upcoming Dragon mission - full news conference
The first commercial spacewalk, a Starlink demonstration and flying further than humans have since the Apollo program are all highlights of the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission. Before launching atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Commander Jared Isaacman, Pilot Scott "Kidd" Poteet, Mission Specialist Anna Menon and Mission Specialist Sarah Gillis joined William Gerstenmaier, SpaceX's vice president of Build and Flight Reliability to discuss the historic flight.
Additional video courtesy the Polaris Program and SpaceX.
Chapters:
• 00:00 - Introduction
• 04:17 - Polaris Program overview
• 07:04 - Meet the crew
• 10:13 - Mission overview
• 12:45 - Mission objectives
• 16:58 - Dragon development effort
• 21:07 - Starlink tech demo
• 21:43 - SpaceX EVA suits and spacewalk
• 27:08 - Training for Polaris Dawn
• 34:08 - Science and research
• 38:59 - Quarantine to launch to splashdown
• 41:37 - Q&A
• 01:17:31 - Conclusion
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