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SpaceX delays Polaris Dawn astronaut launch to Aug. 28 due to helium leak

The historic mission is now scheduled to lift off early Wednesday morning (Aug. 28).

Polaris Dawn, which will conduct the first-ever private spacewalk, had been scheduled to launch early Tuesday morning (Aug. 27) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Falcon and Dragon remain healthy and the crew continues to be ready for their multi-day mission to low Earth orbit. Next launch opportunity is no earlier than Wednesday, August 28," SpaceX announced in an X post on Monday evening (Aug. 26).

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