T+208: The Polaris Program

Published: Feb. 14, 2022, 8:42 p.m.

Jared Isaacman, commander of Inspiration4, announced the Polaris Program\u2014a privately-funded development program to \u201crapidly advance human spaceflight capabilities\u201d via flights on SpaceX\u2019s Dragon and Starship vehicles. It begins with a mission to the highest Earth orbit ever flown by humans, featuring the first commercial spacewalk, and culminates with the first crewed Starship flight.