SpaceX's Crew Dragon missions are a fundamentally different category — multi-day orbital flights carrying private citizens higher than the ISS, including the first-ever commercial spacewalk.
Video via YouTube — SpaceX Polaris Dawn, September 2024 spacewalk broadcast
This isn't a brief hop past the atmosphere — it's genuine orbital spaceflight, at a genuinely different price point.
Funded by Jared Isaacman, four private citizens spent three days in orbit with no professional astronauts aboard.
Reached 1,400km altitude and conducted the first-ever commercial spacewalk, using a SpaceX-designed EVA suit.
A separate path via Axiom Space sends private crews to dock with and stay aboard the International Space Station.
Orbital missions are arranged directly with SpaceX or Axiom Space, typically for entire private crews rather than individual seats.
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