The Polaris Program is a privately funded initiative led by Jared Isaacman that aims to advance human spaceflight capabilities through a series of crewed missions. Utilizing SpaceX technology, including Falcon 9 rockets, Dragon capsules, and Starship, the program focuses on conducting research, testing new technologies like Starlink laser-based communications and new spacesuits, and setting new milestones in space, such as achieving the highest Earth orbit ever flown by a crewed mission and conducting the first commercial spacewalk. The program's missions also aim to raise funds and awareness for charitable causes such as St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Polaris works in partnership with SpaceX to help with the development of technologies that can help further space exploration.
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The Polaris program, announced in February 2022, is intended to include three missions that will culminate in the first crewed launch of SpaceX’s Starship.
When SpaceX and the Polaris Program announced Polaris Dawn two years ago, they projected a launch as early as the fourth quarter of 2022.
The Polaris program was unveiled in February 2022, five months after Jared Isaacman commanded the Inspiration4 private astronaut mission.
Jared Isaacman announced the Polaris Program in 2022.
Jared Isaacman announced the Polaris Program in February as a series of missions to develop experience in human spaceflight.
SpaceX is developing a Crew Dragon-derived pressure suit for use in spacewalks as part of the Polaris Program funded by Jared Isaacman.