Their week-long mission, called Polaris Dawn, is fully private with no NASA involvement — but it's no billionaire joyride. This spacewalk was a critical test of the technical abilities — like ...

Polaris Dawn is aiming for the first civilian spacewalk on an ambitious mission launching no earlier than Aug. 26. Four astronauts will fly to Earth orbit aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule ...

Spacewalk Recap: Scroll down to read updates from the September 12 SpaceX Polaris Dawn spacewalk. On Wednesday, the crew of Polaris Dawn had traveled further than any human in 52 years, and their ...

For months before liftoff, the popular press had been hyping up the fact that the Polaris Dawn mission would include the first-ever private spacewalk. Not only would this be the first time anyone ...

SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman said frequent space travel is "around the corner." How humans will survive off-world is ...

Their week-long mission, called Polaris Dawn, is fully private with no NASA involvement — but it's no billionaire joyride. This spacewalk is a critical test of the technical abilities that ...

University of Colorado Boulder alum Sarah Gillis returned to Boulder on Monday after a space mission where she participated ...

After leaving behind the Van Allen Belt, Polaris Dawn dropped to a closer Earth orbit to perform experiments. The highlight was the first-ever spacewalk by a commercial (non-government ...

The technology and capabilities demonstrated during Polaris Dawn could alter human spaceflight as we know it. The spacewalk, for example, was more than a flashy achievement. NASA’s current EVA ...