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 ...

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If all goes as expected, in a matter of days, Internet entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis will be the first private astronauts to exit their spacecraft to float above the ...

After two weeks of delays, the ambitious Polaris Dawn space mission, led by billionaire Jared Isaacman and in collaboration with SpaceX, launched early Tuesday morning. The four-person civilian crew ...

The first of three human spaceflights under the Polaris Program, Polaris Dawn has been jointly planned and funded by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and Elon Musk's SpaceX. As commander of the ...

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 ...