Polaris program

Private crewed spaceflight program

Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A (Crew Dragon flights)
TBD (Starship flight)

Vehicle informationCrewed vehicle(s)

Crew Dragon
Starship

Launch vehicle(s)

Falcon 9
SpaceX Starship

The Polaris Program is a planned human spaceflight program organized by businessman and commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman.^[1] Isaacman, who commanded the first all-civilian spaceflight—Inspiration4—in September 2021, purchased flights from SpaceX in order to create the Polaris Program. The first two flights will use the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, while the third flight is planned to be the first crewed Starship flight.^[1]^[2] Polaris Dawn, the first flight, will attempt the first private spacewalk.^[3]

NASA and SpaceX signed in September 2022 with the Polaris program an unfunded Space Act Agreement to study the feasibility of a SpaceX and Polaris Program mission to boost the Hubble Space Telescope into a higher orbit with the Crew Dragon.^[4]

Flights

Polaris program planned flights
Mission Name	Launch Date	Launch Vehicle	Spacecraft	Orbit	Crew
Polaris Dawn (Mission I)	NET Summer 2024^[5]^[6]	Falcon 9 Block 5	Crew Dragon Resilience	LEO, 1400 km max altitude^[7]	Jared Isaacman Scott Poteet Sarah Gillis Anna Menon
Mission II	TBA	Falcon 9 Block 5	Crew Dragon	TBA	Jared Isaacman others TBA
Mission III	TBA	Starship launch vehicle	Starship spacecraft	TBA	Jared Isaacman others TBA

References

^ ^a ^b Sheetz, Michael (14 February 2022). "Billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman buys more private SpaceX flights, including one on Starship". CNBC. CNBC. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ Davenport, Christian. "Jared Isaacman, who led the first all-private astronaut mission to orbit, has commissioned 3 more flights from SpaceX". Washington Post. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ Foust, Jeff (2022-08-01). "December launch planned for Polaris Dawn". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
^ NASA, SpaceX to Study Hubble Telescope Reboost Possibility
^ Foust, Jeff (11 December 2023). "Polaris Dawn rescheduled for April". SpaceNews. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
^ "Polaris Dawn". Polaris Program. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
^ Foust, Jeff (11 December 2023). "Polaris Dawn rescheduled for April". SpaceNews. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

SpaceX

History

Launch vehicles

Current	Falcon 9 Block 5 Falcon Heavy
In development	Starship Super Heavy booster upper stage lunar lander flight tests first/second/third orbital test flights
Retired	Falcon 1 Falcon 9 v1.0 v1.1 "Full Thrust" v1.2 Block 4
Cancelled	Falcon 1e* Falcon 5* Falcon 9 Air* BFR and ITS*

Spacecraft

Cargo	Dragon 1 Cargo Dragon 2 Cargo Dragon XL* Starship*
Crewed	Dragon 2 Crew C206 Endeavour C207 Resilience C210 Endurance C212 Freedom Starship*