SpaceX’s risky mission will go farther into space than we’ve been in 50 years

Workers prepare SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 for another launch attempt at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on August 27, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images

SpaceX plans to send four people into Earth orbit as soon as Wednesday in a daring mission that will test new technology, expose astronauts to high levels of radiation, and potentially change how future spacewalks are conducted.

The privately funded mission, called Polaris Dawn, will be led by billionaire Jared Isaacman...