Schaffhausen/Geneva, 31st March 2022 – As announced to coincide with Watches and Wonders Geneva, IWC Schaffhausen will support the Polaris Dawn mission, the first of three human spaceflights planned as part of the Polaris program. The endeavour is the brainchild of US entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, with whom IWC already partnered for last year’s Inspiration4 mission. Polaris Dawn will conduct scientific research designed to advance both human health on Earth and our understanding of human health during future long-duration spaceflights. A cornerstone will be to raise funds for the life-saving work of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®.
We were just onsite for mission planning discussions including updates on suit dev. We visited suit lab & hopefully [pictures] released soon. SpaceX making great progress on IVA-to-EVA transformation. New materials for durability/thermal/MMOD, new joints for mobility, safety features, etc.
Spaceexplored reports that Starlink will be utilized. But the orbit of Polaris Dawn is higher than Starlink's orbit.Does that mean that Starlink has coverage both downwards (toward Earth) and upwards (toward space)?
I know this is probably not the right thread for this, but do we have any details on the timelines in regards to the development of SpaceX's spacesuits?
Join the TSN team as we host a special interview with Scott "Kidd" Poteet of the Polaris Program! The Polaris Dawn mission will perform the first Spacewalk aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon and it will attempt to break a record held previously by the Gemini program for highest Earth Orbit altitude.This is quite a long interview, and as such we have included markers where you can find what question was asked and it will immediately jump to Scott's response.If you'd like to see more of this content in the future then please don't hesitate to support us by clicking like, becoming a subscriber, or simply sharing the video with all your space nerd friends!Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgJ1...----------------------------------Episode links:Polaris Dawn website: https://polarisprogram.com/dawn/Twitter: https://twitter.com/polarisprogram----------------------------------If you enjoy our content and would like to get the opportunity to join our exclusive Discord server, you can head over to our Patreon. where you can support what we do and get in on the action yourself!Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/totalspace)You can also support us via PayPal: (https://paypal.me/totalspace)----------------------------------Other Total Space Links:Website (https://totalspace.net) Merch (https://totalspace.net/shop) Twitter (https://twitter.com/TotalSpaceNet) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/TotalSpace)Odysee (https://odysee.com/@TotalSpace:2)Instagram (https://instagram.com/totalspacenetwork)----------------------------------Follow the Total Space hosts on Twitter:- AnotherSpaceNut: https://twitter.com/AnotherSpaceNut- Jack: https://twitter.com/space_civilian- Mikko: https://twitter.com/mikoske- Rich LB: https://twitter.com/RichL_B- Ryan: https://twitter.com/thespaceupdate#PolarisProgram #TotalSpace #SpaceX00:00 Host Introduction00:34 Scott's Hello!01:30 Global St. Jude Initiative02:59 How did you end up on the crew of Polaris Dawn?04:58 How did you feel watching Jared go up?06:57 When your friends came home from space, did you cry?08:08 Have you always dreamed of going to space?09:55 How excited are you to fly with Sarah and Anna?11:54 During your "highly elliptical" phase of the Polaris Dawn orbit, are you planning on multiple passes at this altitude, or just one pass?14:56 EVA suits17:10 Any custom integrations being made to Dragon to accommodate Polaris Dawn?19:20 Will we see a return of the Cupola?20:20 Where did the idea for the EVA come from?22:07 What will the Starlink lasercomm test look like?24:58 Are you any closer to narrowing down a Launch Date?26:31 Will you get a chance to manually pilot Dragon?27:41 Do you have any funny anecdotes from the Polaris Program so far?30:06 Do you have a favourite science experiment?32:04 Speaking of radiation, is there a limit to how high SpaceX will let you go because of this?33:15 What are you looking forward to the most, and inversely, what aren't you looking forward to?35:55 Name 3 songs from your Launch Day playlist37:09 What was it like, flying with the "G-Monster"?38:16 Will you be taking tips from Hayley on handling the Centrifuge?38:51 In all your time flying, did you ever get the chance to fly your dream craft? Or will the Dragon module be it?39:39 Did Polaris Dawn mission consider flying to the ISS?40:47 Are you hoping to be on the crew for the other two Polaris missions too?41:40 What would you say to someone who criticises Spaceflight, that its a rich mans game?43:02 Where can we learn more?43:18 Anything you'd like to mention?43:43 Bloopers#totalspace #PolarisDawn #teamspace
The Polaris Dawn crew completed their first training events this week, participating in pool and ocean scuba dives in preparation for their mission’s extra-vehicular activityPhotos: @SpaceX
The Polaris Dawn crew completed another training objective this week: high-altitude mountaineering in Ecuador.Climbing the Illiniza Norte and Cotopaxi volcanos pushed their physical and mental endurance to the limit — a valuable team-building opportunity before flying to space.
