Days after returning to Earth, the four civilian crew members of the Polaris Dawn mission opened up about their experience seeing the planet from orbit, floating in weightlessness and conducting the world’s first all-civilian spacewalk.
“The perfection of what you’re looking at is just awe-inspiring,” Poteet said, recalling the views of sunrises and sunsets out the window of their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.
The crew spent two-and-a-half years training for the Polaris Dawn mission, which included choreographing and rehearsing each step of the spacewalk.
(The crew members also raised money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital during their time in orbit.)
He said the larger goal for both SpaceX and the Polaris program is to eventually make humans a multiplanetary species.
Persons:
NBC’s Lester Holt, Jared Isaacman, Scott “ Kidd ” Poteet, Sarah Gillis, Anna Menon —, ” Poteet, Lester Holt, Isaacman, ” Isaacman, “, Gillis, “ It’s, ”, Poteet, Menon, choreographing, Jude Children’s, Van Allen
Organizations:
Polaris, NBC, Air Force, SpaceX, St, Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Locations:
Gulf of Mexico, Florida