SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission kicked off early Tuesday, launching a four-person crew of civilian astronauts into orbit. And hours later they have already made history: reaching the highest orbit ...

We’ve wrapped up our live coverage for the day. Read more about Polaris Dawn’s historic milestone here, or scroll through the posts below to relive the first commercial spacewalk as it happened.

Polaris Dawn was the first of three missions of the Polaris Program. Polaris Dawn was the gate-opener mission to the larger Polaris Program, a set of at least three anticipated missions bankrolled ...

The mission launched following one final weather delay. After two weeks of delays, the ambitious Polaris Dawn space mission, led by billionaire Jared Isaacman and in collaboration with SpaceX ...

Godspeed, Polaris Dawn crew. May you make history and come home safely." Isaacman replied, "We appreciate the kind words. We wouldn't be on this journey without all 14,000 of you back at SpaceX ...

Two astronauts spent 10 minutes each outside of the spacecraft. The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission crew completed the first-ever commercial spacewalk on Thursday. Two crew members -- commander Jared ...

The Polaris Dawn mission could launch as early as Tuesday morning, sending its four-member crew of astronauts rocketing into orbit, where they will attempt the first-ever commercial spacewalk ...

But from here, it sure looks like a perfect world." With Polaris Dawn crewmates Anna Menon and Scott Poteet monitoring safety tethers and umbilicals inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon, airless with its ...

After multiple technical and weather-related delays, the milestone Polaris Dawn mission launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 5:23 AM EST from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral ...

South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley celebrated the Gamecocks’ national championship victory with President Biden at the White House on Tuesday. Staley and the team’s ...

The Polaris Dawn mission featuring the first civilian space walk is now set for Monday following repeated delays due to unfavorable weather and the Federal Aviation Administration grounding of the ...

SpaceX and the Polaris Dawn crew may be celebrating their milestone, but the riskiest endeavors are still ahead for this five-day mission — which is designed to push the limits of commercial ...