Polaris Dawn Spacewalk Launch
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•SpaceX launches Polaris Dawn astronauts to attempt world's 1st-ever private spacewalk (video)
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The four -person Polaris Dawn mission launched early this morning ( Sept. 10 ) at NASA 's Kennedy Space Center in Florida .
The mission aims to conduct the first -ever private private spacewalk.
Crew Dragon will raise its apogee to about 870 miles ( 1,400 km ) — higher than any human has flown since the final Apollo mission in 1972 .
The crew will spend the next five days in space, completing a few dozen experiments in the novel space environment.
The Polaris Dawn crew will parachute into the ocean in one of a handful of potential landing zones off the coast of Florida .
A recovery ship will retrieve the spacecraft and crew.
If everything goes according to plan, Polaris Dawn will be retrieved by a recovery ship off Florida 's coast.
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