The Polaris Dawn mission is a private spaceflight backed by Jared Isaacman, the billionaire founder of payments platform company Shift4. Photo / Getty Images A billionaire and an engineer have ...

PART OF THE POLARIS DAWN SPACE MISSION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ELON MUSK’S SPACE X. WE ONE LAUNCHING FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA EARLIER THIS WEEK AFTER UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CAUSED WEEKS ...

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.

A four-person crew of civilians on board SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission unlocked the hatch of their capsule and made history as the first group of non-government astronauts to conduct a spacewalk.

Recently, this innovation-driven businessman has launched Polaris Dawn, which is a five-day mission. It is the first of three Polaris Program testing and development missions that Isaacman and ...

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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — Polaris Dawn and SpaceX made history as they conducted the first-ever commercial spacewalk on Thursday morning. “SpaceX, back at home we all have a lot of ...

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 ...

On Thursday, September 12 the Polaris Dawn crew will attempt the first-ever spacewalk – also known as an extravehicular activity (EVA) – from Dragon,' it explained. 'The EVA is targeted to ...

Hampered last month by bad weather, launch tower problems, and issues with its ride from SpaceX, the Polaris Dawn mission is at last on its way. One of the most ambitious space tourism missions in ...

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. Update for Sept. 10: SpaceX's ...