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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today, SpaceX's billionaire-funded Polaris Dawn mission will make history as an all-civilian crew embark on the world's first private space walk. Starting shortly before 11:00 am BST, the crew ...

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 ...

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You'll have to get up early, or stay up late. Update for Sept. 12: SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts are attempting the world's first private spacewalk, with two of the four crewmembers to ...