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 ...

Polaris Dawn: SpaceX is about to launch a billionaire and 3 others into orbit on civilian mission After arriving last week at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the four-member crew of ...

Spacewalk Recap: Scroll down to read updates from the September 12 SpaceX Polaris Dawn spacewalk. On Wednesday, the crew of Polaris Dawn had traveled further than any human in 52 years, and their ...

From the moment they lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, secured in a SpaceX Dragon capsule strapped to a Falcon 9 rocket, the Polaris Dawn crew got to ...

Dragon and the Polaris Dawn crew will spend up to five days in orbit, flying higher than any Dragon mission and endeavoring to reach the highest Earth orbit ever flown. While in orbit, the crew will ...

The privately-funded Polaris Dawn space mission that splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico last month was one for the record books. The four-person crew traveled farther into space than any human ...

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The Polaris Dawn mission lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy ... Near the end of the first day of the mission, the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule’s orbit will reach a high point of 1,400 kilometers ...