Just yesterday (Sept. 12), Gillis was one of two Polaris Dawn astronauts to perform a historic spacewalk, the world's first ...

The Polaris Dawn astronauts have exited the SpaceX Dragon ... all four astronauts were suited up in extravehicular activity (EVA) suits designed by SpaceX to receive oxygen through tethers.

at an orbital altitude north of 450 miles (720 km), the astronauts were protected by SpaceX’s extravehicular activity (EVA) space suits, which were specially designed for Polaris Dawn.

Likely, many armchair astronauts watching at home found the ... you’re out there is even riskier still. Thankfully the Polaris Dawn EVA appeared to go off without a hitch, but not everyone ...

On Wednesday, the crew of Polaris Dawn had traveled further than any human in 52 years, and their Dragon spacecraft lowered down in altitude in preparation for the next mission milestone − the first ...

Their week-long mission, called Polaris Dawn, is fully private with no NASA ... safety very seriously," Leroy Chiao, a retired NASA astronaut who has spent more than 36 hours on spacewalks and ...

The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission featuring ... a crew of four non-professional astronauts, who will be wearing newly designed SpaceX extravehicular activity (EVA) suits. These EVA suits represent ...

Space.com notes that the Polaris Dawn astronauts tested “a commercial ... which is also working on a commercial space station and lunar EVA suits, is suffering a severe cash crunch and will ...

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Astronaut and CU Boulder alum Sarah Gillis will speak at CU Boulder from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Monday at Fiske Planetarium, 2414 ...

the astronauts were protected by SpaceX’s extravehicular activity (EVA) spacesuits, which were specially designed for Polaris Dawn. The goal of the spacewalk was to perform mobility testing on ...