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The all-private Polaris Dawn crew has been hard at work preparing for its upcoming trek to space. The team recently shared an update of the mission, scheduled for later this year, revealing that the four-member crew has been training since May, indulging in activities like scuba diving and going on high-altitude hikes.Polaris Dawn is the first of three flights on board a SpaceX rocket purchased by billionaire tech entrepreneur turned space enthusiast Jared Isaacman. The Shift4 Payments CEO was the mission commander of the…

SpaceX engineer Anna Menon will be among the crew of a unique space mission announced on Monday by US billionaire Jared Isaacman, who had commanded a human spaceflight mission last year.Menon is a Lead Space Operations Engineer at SpaceX, where she manages the development of crew operations and serves in mission control as both a Mission Director and crew communicator, a SpaceX release said.Isaacman, the founder and CEO of American payment processing company Shift4, who had commanded the Inspiration4 mission, announced…