The four-person Polaris Dawn mission launched aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule early Tuesday morning (Sept. 10). Later ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit caught the conclusion of Polaris Dawn, a private space mission that included the first-ever commercial spacewalk, during its SpaceX Dragon spacecraft's return to Earth before ...

"The primary factor driving the launch timing for Polaris Dawn is the splashdown weather within Dragon's limits," Mission commander Jared Isaacman posted Thursday on X (formerly Twitter).

After two weeks of waiting in quarantine at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the all-civilian Polaris Dawn crew finally has a new target launch time. SpaceX is targeting a 3:38 a.m. Tuesday liftoff ...

The Polaris Dawn mission, an ambitious five-day journey to the upper reaches of Earth's orbit, will take the crew higher than an human has traveled in more than 50 years. After descending to a ...