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Even though SpaceX has sent rockets into space hundreds of times, the first commercial spacewalk by humans still had a bumpy road. The spacewalk mission was urgently canceled due to the obstruction of the rocket launch plan. On August 26, local time, SpaceX announced that the launch of the first commercial "spacewalk" in history would be postponed, saying that the launch team detected a helium leak. The Falcon and Dragon spacecraft are in good condition, and the crew continues to prepare for a multi-day low-Earth orbit mission.

The Falcon 9 launch vehicle was launched from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral.

SpaceX said the next launch is scheduled for 3:38 a.m. EST on Wednesday, August 28, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on a Falcon 9 rocket to send the Polaris Dawn rocket into low-Earth orbit. There will be two more launch opportunities within four hours, at 5:23 a.m. EST and 7:09 a.m. EST. If needed, there will be a backup launch opportunity at the same time on Thursday, August 29.

Originally, SpaceX planned to use a Falcon 9 rocket to carry four non-astronaut passengers into space on August 26, Beijing time, and named this operation "Polaris Dawn".

The Polaris Dawn will carry out the first private spacewalk by humans and will fly to an altitude of 435 miles (700 kilometers) above the Earth. This "deep space walk" is farther than any manned mission since the Apollo era, and the two female passengers will become the women who have traveled the farthest into space.

Polaris Dawn is one of a series of missions being flown by Project Isaac, a three-flight venture funded by billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, with SpaceX to test new technologies that could help advance the Elon Musk-led company's goal of seeing humans living and working on other planets.

For years, extravehicular activities have been a routine part of NASA astronauts' missions when the International Space Station needs external maintenance, but no private company has ever attempted such a spacewalk before.

Beijing Business Daily Comprehensive Report