SpaceX’s upcoming Polaris Dawn mission aims to be historic in more ways than one. Polaris Dawn plans to not only orbit Earth higher than any astronauts have in more than 50 years but to also feature ...

The four members of the Polaris Dawn crew will have to wait at least an extra 24 hours before opening a new chapter on commercial space travel. The SpaceX mission to carry an all-civilian crew to ...

The Polaris Dawn mission could launch as early as Tuesday morning, sending its four-member crew of astronauts rocketing into orbit, where they will attempt the first-ever commercial spacewalk, SpaceX ...

Polaris Dawn in polar orbit has the first successful commercial space walk. It is an altitude three times higher than the International Space Station. “SpaceX, back at home we all have a lot of work ...

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission attempted its first-ever commercial spacewalk early Thursday morning. Four people donning new spacesuits opened their Crew Dragon spaceship to the vacuum of space. The ...

Polaris Dawn is a commercial spaceflight program design to push the limits of space travel and exploration while testing new spacesuit designs, according to the Polaris Dawn website. "This Dragon ...

SpaceX is about to launch a risky mission of four private citizens who aren't professional astronauts. The billionaire-backed Polaris Dawn mission aims to attempt a first-of-its-kind commercial ...

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The all-civilian crew hopes to reach heights higher than any astronaut has flown since the Apollo missions of the 1970s. When it launches on Falcon 9 rocket, the SpaceX Dragon will ascend to 870 miles ...