CH: WEF-members are available now. Not all members yet, but the number will increase in next few days and weeks. The crew returned to Earth on September 18, , after orbiting at km mi in altitude. The mission was part of a fundraiser for St. Isaacman commanded the Polaris Dawn mission, the first private spaceflight in a series of missions named the Polaris Program. During this mission, on September 12, , Isaacman became the first private citizen to perform a spacewalk. The Homeland Security Advisory Council HSAC leverages the experience, expertise, and national and global connections of the HSAC membership to provide the Secretary real-time, real-world, and independent advice to support decision-making across the spectrum of homeland security operations.
Lynda R. Liftoff is targeted for a. PT, with opportunities available until a. If needed, additional launch opportunities are also available Wednesday, January 22 starting at a. A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app. This is the 10th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Oneweb 4, USSF, and seven Starlink missions.
There is the possibility that residents of and visitors to Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties may hear one or more sonic booms during the launch, but what residents experience will depend on weather and other conditions.
First, Polaris is the nearest bright star toward the north spin axis of the Earth. Therefore, as the Earth turns, stars appear to revolve around Polaris , but Polaris itself always stays in the same northerly direction β making it the North Star. Since no bright star is near the south spin axis of the Earth, there is currently no bright South Star. Thousands of years ago, Earth's spin axis pointed in a slightly different direction so that Vega was the North Star.
Although Polaris is not the brightest star on the sky, it is easily located because it is nearly aligned with two stars in the cup of the Big Dipper. Polaris is near the center of the five-degree wide featured image, a digital composite of hundreds of exposures that brings out faint gas and dust of the Integrated Flux Nebula IFN all over the frame.
