Transportation
SpaceX Delays Launch of First-Ever Private Spacewalk Mission
- Polaris Dawn Aug. 27 launch scrubbed to check helium leak
- Groundbreaking mission features high-altitude test, new suits
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SpaceX has delayed the launch of a rocket carrying four private astronauts to space, part of a groundbreaking mission aimed at performing the world’s first commercial spacewalk.
The launch, initially scheduled for early Tuesday morning, was scrubbed to check a ground-side helium leak, one of SpaceX’s two lead engineers, Sarah Gillis, said in a post on X. The next launch window is no earlier than Aug. 28, SpaceX said.