Nevertheless, Isaacman invited Poteet, who goes by "Kidd," to pilot Polaris Dawn. "On a personal level, flying fighter jets in the Air Force for 20 years, combat experience, operational test ...

He has circumnavigated the globe, performed in air shows and previously owned Draken International, a jet pilot training company. Scott "Kidd" Poteet is pilot of Polaris Dawn. He is a retired ...

is partnering with the Polaris Program to collect biomedical data from its spaceflight participants during the Polaris Dawn mission. Polaris Program’s Polaris Dawn mission is a first-of-its-kind ...

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SpaceX and the Polaris Dawn crew have completed the first commercial spacewalk! “SpaceX, back at home we all have a lot of work to do, but from here, Earth sure looks like a perfect world.” ...

Polaris Dawn is closely tied to SpaceX ... Despite the fact that I come from a fighter jet background, you stick me in the back of Uber, I'm done,” Poteet said. Fortunately, neither Poteet ...

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Isaacman said the training for Polaris Dawn was as special as the mission itself. The astronauts’ preparations took them scuba diving and skydiving, into the cockpit of fighter jets, and even to ...

After an amazing orbital flight, billionaire-pilot Jared Isaacman says he aims to safeguard human civilization by spreading ...

For months before liftoff, the popular press had been hyping up the fact that the Polaris Dawn mission would include the first-ever private spacewalk. Not only would this be the first time anyone ...

The crew of the Polaris Dawn mission, funded by U.S. billionaire Jared Isaacman, arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on August 19, 2024. They landed in a small squadron of stunt jets owned by ...