Commercial mission team Polaris Dawn on a spaceship Crew Dragon’s Resistance SpaceX continues to reach new heights in Earth orbit. The team first sent a message from orbit to Platform X using the company’s Starlink broadband satellites. SpaceX.

The official PolarisProgram page posted two photos taken by the crew and said:

Hello Earth! We are so grateful for your support! Enjoy two new photos from the mission and stay tuned for our next posts. It was sent from space via Starlink laser communication. The Polaris Dawn team.

Pictured here are four Polaris Dawn astronauts.

We would like to remind you that the Polaris Dawn mission was the first time in history that non-professional astronauts served.
has been to space. Additionally, the Polaris Dawn manned spacecraft broke the orbital record in 1966. The crew members include Commander Jared Isaacman, Pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and Mission Specialists Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon. Isaacman is the billionaire entrepreneur behind Polaris Dawn, Poteet is a former U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, and Gillis and Menon are SpaceX engineers. Polaris Dawn will spend approximately five days in orbit.