The first mission of the Polaris program, Polaris Dawn, will include the first spacewalk on a commercial mission. Credit: Polaris Program By Seth Kurkowski, Published by Space Explored, 14 April 2024 Things are slowly falling into place for the Polaris Program‘s first mission, Polaris Dawn. The mission is nearing milestones that might
By Andrew Parsonson, Published by European Spaceflight, 25 August 2023 Bremen-based startup POLARIS Spaceplanes announced that it had begun testing its MIRA-Light demonstrator. MIRA-Light measures 2.5 metres in length. It is a subscale version of the company’s MIRA vehicle which POLARIS expects to begin testing towards the end of 2023.
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 14 February 2022 WASHINGTON — The billionaire who paid for and commanded the first private Crew Dragon mission last year announced Feb. 14 a program of additional missions that will culminate in the first crewed flight of SpaceX’s Starship vehicle. Jared Isaacman, who funded
