Dubbed Polaris Dawn, the mission will use a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch a Crew Dragon capsule containing ... If successful, Polaris Dawn would be the first of three missions, the next two of which would use SpaceX's new Starship rocket.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch of Polaris Dawn, set for Wednesday, was paused due to bad weather. Paralympian John McFall, who will be the first physically disabled astronaut, promotes space sports. ISRO plans higher funding and new heavy-lift rockets.

SpaceX has again delayed its historic launch of the four-person Polaris Dawn crew who are to fly father than any human has flown since the end of the Apollo missions.