Some of you recently asked additional questions about Comet, the thermal protection system we created for #NewGlenn, and whether we’ll paint it on our vehicle. We could—but have chosen not to for a variety of reasons, including adding unnecessary weight. It has been applied on

We asked the The FAA ✈️ about the recent SpaceX update, regarding the timeline leading up to Flight 5. The FAA responded with a statement, about the timeline:

Orbiting Earth on board Dragon, the Polaris Dawn crew talked with families of Folds of Honor, an organization providing educational scholarships to spouses and children of America's fallen and disabled military service-members and first responders 🇺🇸

Join Polaris Dawn's Anna Menon for an on-orbit reading of her book alongside her family and patients from St. Jude ✨ Published by Penguin Random House, Kisses from Space was authored by Anna Menon and Keri Vasek and was illustrated by Andy Harkness. After her book reading,

Polaris Dawn Flight Day 2 Update The Polaris Dawn crew began Flight Day 2 with an incredible milestone – Dragon reached an apogee of more than 1,400 kilometers, marking the farthest humans have traveled in space since the completion of the Apollo program over 50 years ago.

These kinds of images always bring out the most instinctual senses of awe, to me at least. Like seeing an airplane fly over your head for the first time as a kid or a full moon shining on a summer’s night. Wild. Just friggen wild.

Falcon 9 is vertical at SLC-40 ahead of today’s launch of the AST SpaceMobile BlueBird 1-5 mission. The four-hour window opens at 4:52 a.m. ET, and weather is currently 30% favorable for liftoff → spacex.com/launches/missi…

All systems are looking good for the Polaris Dawn crew to perform the first spacewalk from Dragon today. The EVA webcast begins at 4:55 a.m. ET → spacex.com/launches/missi…

The Polaris Dawn crew inside Dragon getting ready for the spacewalk

Seat rotation, suit tare, and the heads-up display (HUD) and helmet camera checkouts are complete

The Polaris Dawn crew and SpaceX mission operators are GO for the first spacewalk from Dragon. The EVA will begin when suit pressurization and the nitrogen purge initiate

The first spacewalk from Dragon has begun!

Dragon and crew are GO for venting

Dragon venting has begun and will take ~10 minutes to drop the pressure inside Dragon to nearly vacuum

Dragon’s cabin is below 1 psi and the spacecraft has repositioned its trunk to face the sun ahead of hatch opening

Hatch opening is underway. Commander Jared Isaacman will unlatch the hatch and give it an initial pull to complete venting before Mission Specialist Sarah Gillis commands the hatch open

Dragon’s hatch is open, marking the first time four humans are simultaneously exposed to the vacuum of space

Drink it in, Rook. I can only imagine the feeling of seeing mother Earth from an orbital perspective, separated by only your visor, for the first time. Raw.

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