SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission blasts off

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, carrying 4 backstage citizens, has launched into space, wherever the unit volition walk 5 days - and effort the world's archetypal backstage spacewalk.

The ngo is funded by billionaire Jared Isaacman and is the 2nd privately-crewed ngo from SpaceX - the spaceflight institution founded by Elon Musk.