Their week-long mission, called Polaris Dawn, is fully private with no NASA involvement — but it's no billionaire joyride. This spacewalk was a critical test of the technical abilities — like ...

Polaris Dawn is aiming for the first civilian spacewalk on an ambitious mission launching no earlier than Aug. 26. Four astronauts will fly to Earth orbit aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule ...

on Sept. 10, 2024. Dragon and the Polaris Dawn crew spent five days in orbit, flying higher than any Dragon mission and reached the highest Earth orbit ever flown. While in orbit, the crew conducted ...

For months before liftoff, the popular press had been hyping up the fact that the Polaris Dawn mission would include the first-ever private spacewalk. Not only would this be the first time anyone ...

The mission behind the first-ever spacewalk performed by a non-professional astronaut was completed Sunday when the Dragon capsule of SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission splashed down off the coast of ...

Internet Service Provider (ISP) Starlink's parent company SpaceX Tuesday launched the Polaris Dawn ... for the two-hour spacewalk, it was explained. Commanding this five-day mission is US ...

In the early morning hours on an otherwise ordinary Thursday last September, at nearly 460 miles above Earth, Jared Isaacman ...

Billionaire Jared Isaacman has taken off in a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for what he hopes will be the first ever privately funded spacewalk. The mission, called Polaris Dawn, is the first of three ...

Program Founder Jared Isaacman Says 'Will Happily Take An Extra Day To Ensure Readiness' Elon Musk Says Polaris Dawn Mission Will Be 'Epic' As SpaceX Gears Up For Its First Spacewalk ...