Polaris Program – Spaceflight Now

November 11, 2025

Breaking News

[ November 11, 2025 ] Rocket Lab delays debut of Neutron rocket to 2026 Neutron
[ November 10, 2025 ] Florida annual launch record broken with late-night Starlink flight Falcon 9
[ November 8, 2025 ] Poor weather prevents Blue Origin from launching NASA’s Mars-bound ESCAPADE mission New Glenn
[ November 7, 2025 ] SpaceX launches Sunday Starlink mission following Saturday scrub Falcon 9
[ November 6, 2025 ] Issue with Atlas 5 booster liquid oxygen vent valve causes second scrub of ViaSat-3 F2 launch Atlas 5

SpaceX surmounts challenging weather, launches Polaris Dawn astronaut mission

September 9, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

Poor weather forced SpaceX to skip over its first launch opportunity, but it managed to launch on the second go around. Liftoff happened at Tuesday at 5:23 a.m. EDT (0923 UTC).

Polaris Dawn astronauts, set to perform first commercial spacewalk, arrive in Florida ahead of launch

August 20, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

The four astronauts, led by businessman Jared Isaacman, will fly onboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience. Liftoff is targeting no earlier than Monday, August 26.