Update for Sept. 9: This piece was updated to reflect the most current launch opportunities announced by SpaceX.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX is about to launch four private astronauts farther than any human has flown since the end of the Apollo era. The crew will be on a mission to perform history's first commercial spacewalk.
The mission, Polaris Dawn, will liftoff early Tuesday (Sept. 10) during a four-hour launch window that opens at at 3:38 a.m. ET (0738 GMT). Two additional launch opportunities are available within the four-hour window; one at 5:23 a.m. ET (0923 GMT) and another at 7:09 a.m. ET (1109 GMT). Backup launch opportunities are available on Wednesday (Sept. 11) at the same times, according to SpaceX.
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