Inspiration4 was able to bring in $250 million in donations for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and, presumably, the Polaris Dawn mission and its successors will be able to recreate this success. Along with funding the mission, Isaacman is also on board the mission, serving as its mission commander. Retired United States Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel Scott “Kidd” Poteet will serve as the mission’s pilot.
Rounding out the Polaris Dawn crew are Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon, both SpaceX employees who will serve as mission specialists on the flight. The Polaris mission will use a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, which will be launched into an elliptical orbit and fly about 745 miles into space. After the capsule orbits a few times, it will fly to a maximum altitude of 870 miles, where it will enter the radiation belts around our planet.
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