In the half-century since the final Apollo moon mission in 1972, for instance, no human has been more than a few hundred kilometres above the Earth’s surface. (The ISS orbits at between 370km and 460km up.) Polaris Dawn’s apogee—the highest point it reaches—will be 1,400km, a record for a crewed flight orbiting Earth.
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Posted: 2024-08-27 07:32:00
