A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon Resilience capsule, carrying the crew of the Polaris Dawn Mission, lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral ...

SpaceX has postponed its groundbreaking Polaris Dawn astronaut mission multiple times in recent days due to various factors including a helium leak and adverse weather conditions. The mission, set ...

The launch was delayed 24 hours from the planned pre-dawn Tuesday blast-off. The delay is due to a ground-side helium leak on the Quick Disconnect umbilical, SpaceX said.

The launch was delayed 24 hours from the planned pre-dawn Tuesday blast-off. The delay is due to a ground-side helium leak on the Quick Disconnect umbilical, SpaceX said.

The news, which the Polaris Dawn team announced today (Aug. 7) via a post on X, firms up a previously vague window; the most recent target for the groundbreaking mission was mid-August.