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Elon Musk promised Dragon astronauts farther from Earth than anyone in half a century, in 2024 by the end of 2024. It happened on time.

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“This year, the @SpaceX Dragon spaceship will take astronauts the furthest they've been from Earth in over half a century”
— Elon Musk · Feb 9, 2024 · @elonmusk, 2024-02-09 ↗
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What actually happened

Musk said Dragon would take astronauts farther from Earth than anyone in over 50 years during 2024. Polaris Dawn reached about 1,408 km in September 2024, the farthest since Apollo. Reuters Sep 10 2024 — Polaris Dawn launches ↗

The Progression

Feb 9, 2024
The promise: “This year, the @SpaceX Dragon spaceship will take astronauts the furthest they've been from Earth in over half a century” · @elonmusk, 2024-02-09 ↗
Sep 10, 2024
Delivered — on time. Musk said Dragon would take astronauts farther from Earth than anyone in over 50 years during 2024. Polaris Dawn reached about 1,408 km in September 2024, the farthest since Apollo. Reuters Sep 10 2024 — Polaris Dawn launches ↗
Today · Oct 12, 2026
Status: Delivered · on time. It happened.

In February 2024 Elon Musk tweeted that Dragon would take astronauts farther from Earth that year than anyone had been in over half a century. Polaris Dawn did it in September.

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