The flight is called Polaris Dawn and is expected to launch later this year on a Falcon 9 rocket. The crew would spend as many as five days in orbit, and aim to fly higher than any other human spaceflight mission in Earth orbit. Some members of the crew w

BOCA CHICA, TX - FEBRUARY 11: The Crew of the next SpaceX private astronaut flight called Polaris Dawn, (Left to Right) Anna Menon, who works to develop astronaut operations for SpaceX, Scott Poteet, who served as the mission director of the Inspiration4 mission SpaceX, Jared Isaacman, who is financing the mission and Sarah Gillis, lead space operations engineer, SpaceX. Pose at the Starbase Complex in Boca Chica. Photo by Jonathan Newton/The Washington