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 ...

Update 8/27: The Polaris Dawn launch has been pushed back a day and is now planned for Wednesday, August 28 after a helium leak was detected ahead of its takeoff. After a nearly three-year ...

While that review continues, all Falcon 9 rockets are grounded, including the SpaceX Polaris mission. Polaris, which had been delayed already this week by poor weather forecasts and a helium leak ...

The latest FAA grounding could complicate SpaceX’s plans to launch the Polaris Dawn crew aboard one of its SpaceX Dragon capsules, and could imperil the Crew-9 launch if the investigation drags on.

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 ...

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For the Polaris Dawn mission, the iconic image is that of two of the astronauts: first Jared Isaacman, the billionaire entrepreneur who paid for the flight, then Sarah Gillis, a SpaceX engineer ...

The mission was previously delayed over a ground-side helium leak. Embarking on a new chapter of private space exploration, the Polaris Dawn mission is poised to make history by launching four ...

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.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The four astronauts of SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn mission that will perform the first commercial ...

The Polaris Dawn mission, conducted by SpaceX but paid for by US entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, is the latest in a series of commercial ventures that are opening up space to anyone rich enough to ...