SpaceX’s upcoming Polaris Dawn mission aims to be historic in more ways than one. Polaris Dawn plans to not only orbit Earth higher than any astronauts have in more than 50 years but to also feature ...

SpaceX’s latest mission — a bold and risky trek into Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts by a four-person crew of civilians who will also aim to conduct the first commercial spacewalk — just took flight ...

The Polaris Dawn crew safely returned to Earth early Sunday morning, bringing the historic privately funded mission to a close. The Dragon capsule carrying the mission’s four astronauts — Jared ...

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SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew has returned to Earth after an historic mission that featured the first private spacewalk. The Dragon capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida's Dry Tortugas ...

The private Polaris Dawn astronauts keep notching milestones in Earth orbit. The four-person Polaris Dawn mission launched aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule early Tuesday morning (Sept. 10). Later ...

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SPACE COAST FIVE DAYS AGO, THE POLARIS DAWN IS BACK ON EARTH. TONIGHT. THE CREW DRAGON CAPSULE CARRYING THE FOUR CIVILIAN ASTRONAUTS SPLASHED DOWN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. THIS MORNING. WESH 2’S SPENCER ...

SpaceX’s upcoming Polaris Dawn mission aims to be historic in more ways than one. Polaris Dawn plans to not only orbit Earth higher than any astronauts have in more than 50 years but to also feature ...