A crew of four private astronauts made history in the early hours of Thursday when they opened the hatch of their SpaceX Dragon capsule and conducted the first commercial spacewalk. The spacewalk, the ...

This first ever private spacewalk will be bringing some serious style to outer space. SpaceX's privately-funded crewed mission, Polaris Dawn, is moving toward a launch sometime this summer. The ...

Update for Sept. 9: SpaceX is counting down toward a 3:38 a.m. EDT (0738 GMT) launch of the Polaris Dawn mission. A livestream is scheduled to go live at about 12:05 a.m. EDT (0405 GMT). Follow our ...

The Polaris Dawn mission is currently scheduled to launch on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Liftoff is scheduled for 3:38 a.m. EDT (0738 GMT) from Florida's Cape Canaveral. When you purchase through links on our ...

Just before dawn on Tuesday morning, four private citizens sat atop an 80-metre rocket and lifted off on a mission that will take them further than any human has travelled in more than 50 years. The ...

A Falcon 9 rocket streaked into the black predawn sky above Florida on Tuesday, carrying four people on the most ambitious private human spaceflight to date. The crew of the Polaris Dawn mission, led ...

'Sent to you from space over a beam of Starlink laser light.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The private Polaris Dawn astronauts ...

This handout image released by SpaceX on September 10, 2024 shows a view of Earth and the Dragon capsule's Skywalker shortly after the Polaris Dawn crew launched into orbit. (AFP) SpaceX Polaris ...

Jared Isaacman, CEO of Shift4 integrated payment processing solutions, on Thursday participated in the first-ever private spacewalk by a group of astronauts who left a SpaceX capsule after a delay of ...

SpaceX is less than 24 hours away from the launch of a ground-breaking mission that will attempt the world’s first private spacewalk. The Polaris Dawn mission is set to lift off from Nasa’s Kennedy ...

Early this morning, Jared Isaacman, commander of SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission, turned a hand crank to open the top hatch of a Crew Dragon capsule, then slowly emerged into space—460 miles above the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The private Polaris Dawn astronauts keep notching milestones in Earth orbit. The four-person ...