Polaris Dawn was the first of three missions of the Polaris Program. Polaris Dawn was the gate-opener mission to the larger Polaris Program, a set of at least three anticipated missions bankrolled ...

The Polaris Program is a planned series of three private crewed space missions led by U.S. billionaire Jared Isaacman. The missions will utilize SpaceX technology, with the rockets, crewed ...

COOLEST STORY OF THE DAY BY FAR. IF YOU THINK THIS WAS AWESOME TO WATCH ONLINE, JUST IMAGINE HOW IT MUST HAVE FELT FOR THE PRIVATE CREW OF POLARIS DAWN TO TAKE A STEP OUTSIDE INTO SPACE THIS MORNING.

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 ...

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The Polaris Dawn astronauts have exited the SpaceX Dragon capsule to expose themselves to the void of space while 435 miles above Earth. Early Thursday, the crew began final preparations to ...

Will Ulrich, warning coordination meteorologist from the National Weather Service in Melbourne, told FLORIDA TODAY that he's watching a cold front that could interfere with the Polaris launch.

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission, initiated by Jared Isaacman, successfully conducted the first privately managed spacewalk. The mission, launched on August 27 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center ...

While the daring mission has concluded, it's only the first of three spaceflights planned under the larger Polaris Program. At 3:36 a.m. ET on Sunday, the Dragon and the Polaris Dawn crew safely ...

The four have been orbiting Earth aboard Crew Dragon since Tuesday's pre-dawn launch from Florida of the Polaris Dawn mission. Isaacman "egressed Dragon" and conducted his first "suit mobility ...