The Crew of the next SpaceX private astronaut flight, called Polaris Dawn, are seen at SpaceX's launch and testing facilities in South Texas, where the company is developing its Starship rocket for the moon and Mars. The crew includes (from left) Anna Menon, Scott Poteet, Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis.
Mandatory Credit:	Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

The Crew of the next SpaceX private astronaut flight, called Polaris Dawn, are seen at SpaceX's launch and testing facilities in South Texas, where the company is developing its Starship rocket for the moon and Mars. The crew includes (from left) Anna Menon, Scott Poteet, Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis.
Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

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Meet the 4-person crew spearheading SpaceX’s daring Polaris Dawn mission

SpaceX’s latest attempt to push the cosmic boundaries is set to kick off this week with a mission called Polaris Dawn: a nail-biting, five-day trek to orbit with a crew of private astronauts traveling into Earth’s radiation belts and hoping to conduct the first commercial spacewalk.