This week got off to a flying start when new science experiments and cargo were launched to the International Space Station, ...

SpaceX‘s Polaris Dawn mission was the first-ever private expedition to explore this region and will serve as the gateway for future space flights. Travel to Mars will be far more arduous than ...

A banker, an athlete and an astronaut walk onto a stage... No, that is not the setup for a joke, but rather the premise ...

On Tuesday, September 10, SpaceXs Falcon 9 launched the Polaris Dawn mission to orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Polaris Dawn became the first crew to perform ...

To closely gauge the effects that spaceflight had on their health, the Polaris Dawn team repeatedly carried ... a mysterious symptom related to space radiation that other astronauts have reported.

referring to the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission that launched last month from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Update 4:15 p.m.: This National Weather Service radar loop from the Melbourne Orlando ...

His crewmate Anna Menon, a SpaceX engineer who was the Polaris Dawn mission’s medical officer, said she was struck by space adaptation syndrome. It’s a phenonmenon that affects roughly 60% to ...

SpaceX wanted to ensure the Dragon spacecraft would have a safe place to splash down, because waiting indefinitely in orbit for good weather was not an option for the free-flying Polaris Dawn mission.

Companies are also looking to expand their offerings to “space tourists.” Last month, a four-person crew of civilians on board SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission made history as the first group ...

In an interview with CNN, the four civilian crew members behind SpaceX’s history-making Polaris Dawn mission reported different symptoms and ailments during their five-day journey last month. Each of ...