Update for Sept. 9: SpaceX is counting down toward a 3:38 a.m. EDT (0738 GMT) launch of the Polaris Dawn mission. A livestream is scheduled to go live at about 12:05 a.m. EDT (0405 GMT). Follow our ...

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission successfully launched American billionaire Jared Isaacman and three others into orbit on Sept. 10 on a five-day flight to attempt the world's first private spacewalk. The ...

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. When you purchase through links on our ...

A Falcon 9 rocket streaked into the black predawn sky above Florida on Tuesday, carrying four people on the most ambitious private human spaceflight to date. The crew of the Polaris Dawn mission, led ...

A crew of four private astronauts made history in the early hours of Thursday when they opened the hatch of their SpaceX Dragon capsule and conducted the first commercial spacewalk. The spacewalk, the ...

Update for 7:41 a.m. EDT: SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts successfully performed the world's first commercial spacewalk on Sept. 12, with American billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX ...

Just before dawn on Tuesday morning, four private citizens sat atop an 80-metre rocket and lifted off on a mission that will take them further than any human has travelled in more than 50 years. The ...

Early this morning, Jared Isaacman, commander of SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission, turned a hand crank to open the top hatch of a Crew Dragon capsule, then slowly emerged into space—460 miles above the ...

Jared Isaacman, CEO of Shift4 integrated payment processing solutions, on Thursday participated in the first-ever private spacewalk by a group of astronauts who left a SpaceX capsule after a delay of ...

SpaceX has once again pushed back the launch of its Polaris Dawn mission, which is expected to carry four private citizens to space, this time because of an unfavorable weather forecast. The company ...

SpaceX is less than 24 hours away from the launch of a ground-breaking mission that will attempt the world’s first private spacewalk. The Polaris Dawn mission is set to lift off from Nasa’s Kennedy ...

This handout image released by SpaceX on September 10, 2024 shows a view of Earth and the Dragon capsule's Skywalker shortly after the Polaris Dawn crew launched into orbit. (AFP) SpaceX Polaris ...