ORLANDO, Fla. — One trip to space was not enough for billionaire Jared Issacman who has paired up with SpaceX again for a new mission following last year’s Inspiration4.
Once again, Isaacman is spacebound, but this time looking to be among the first civilians to perform a spacewalk while trying to reach the highest ever Earth orbit flown by humans. The mission, called Polaris Dawn, is the first of up to three missions of the Polaris Program, which announced its plans Monday with a website and social media channels. Similar to Inspiration4, Isaacman is taking three passengers with him on board a SpaceX Dragon to launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center.
And once again Isaacman is partnered with the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, for which his Inspiration4 mission raised more than $240 million.
