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Billionaire's 2nd SpaceX trip featuring spacewalk aims for early summer launch

Billionaire Jared Issacman, who flew to space once with SpaceX, is already set for launch No. 2 in early summer.
The mission calls for new spacesuits introduced this past weekend designed so the crew can survive the plan to suck out all of the air of the spacecraft and allow Issacman and a crewmate to make the first commercial spacewalk in history.
Flying on the Crew Dragon Resilience again, the mission dubbed Polaris Dawn is the first of up to three flights Issacman wants to fly, culminating in what is supposed to be the first crewed mission of SpaceX's Starship.
For now, though, the mission has to use SpaceX's existing rocket options, so he and his three crewmates will launch atop a Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39-A. It will mark Issacman's return after his Inspiration4 mission in 2021.
That flight featured three crewmates chosen through a series of contests and fundraisers as well as a representative of his altruistic target, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
His crewmates for Polaris Dawn include two SpaceX employees and one of Issacman's pilot friends.
Boeing Starliner crewed mission postponed until at least Friday

The first crewed launch of Boeing's Starliner spaceship will have to wait until at least Friday to give ground teams time to analyze a malfunctioning rocket valve, pushing back a high-stakes test trip to the International Space Station.
The mission has already faced years of delays and comes at a challenging time for Boeing, as a safety crisis engulfs the century-old aerospace titan's commercial aviation arm.
NASA is also banking on Starliner's success in order to achieve its goal of certifying a second commercial vehicle to carry crews to the orbital outpost.
Research Fellows in space science 2024

Ariane 6 first flight: timelapse of transfer and assembly on the launch pad

In April 2024, Ariane 6’s central core – the main body of the rocket – was stood tall at the launch zone and connected to its two solid-fuel boosters. This exciting moment means only one thing: it’s the start of the first launch campaign.
The main stage and upper stage make up the core stage, and they were autonomously driven at 3 km/h from the rocket assembly building to the launch pad, 800 m away. Then lifted by a crane, the Ariane 6 core was stood upright on the launch table.
The two boosters were transported to the launch
International Support for China's Chang'e-6 Lunar Mission
