is partnering with the Polaris Program to collect biomedical data from its spaceflight participants during the Polaris Dawn mission. Polaris Program’s Polaris Dawn mission is a first-of-its-kind ...

With Polaris Dawn crewmates Anna Menon and Scott Poteet ... using a scaffold-like "Skywalker" framework extending from the hatch for stability. While his feet were just outside the hatch, he ...

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 ...

Meanwhile, Polaris Dawn crew members Anna Menon and Scott Poteet remained ... Update 5:40 a.m.: In addition to the skywalker, SpaceX added hand and foot rails inside the spacecraft to assist with ...

Those were just a few highlights of September’s Polaris Dawn mission: a five-day, four-person orbital spaceflight purchased from SpaceX and commanded by Jared Isaacman, the billionaire CEO of ...

SpaceX and the Polaris Dawn crew have completed the first commercial ... where Isaacman ventured with help from a structure known as the “Skywalker.” He then returned to the capsule and ...

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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 ...

For the Polaris Dawn mission, the iconic image is that of two of the astronauts: first Jared Isaacman, the billionaire entrepreneur who paid for the flight, then Sarah Gillis, a SpaceX engineer ...

The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission featuring the first spacewalk by private citizens is now slated for launch this Friday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Spearheaded by ...