Last week, four commercial astronauts boarded a SpaceX capsule for a pioneering spaceflight that was years in the making. And though the astronauts landed safely Sunday off the coast of Florida, the ...

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, and their ...

A Falcon 9 lifts off Sept. 10 on the Polaris Dawn private astronaut mission. Credit: Polaris Program WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Crew Dragon is in orbit on a long-awaited private astronaut mission that will ...

A Crew Dragon spacecraft splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico to end the Polaris Dawn mission Sept. 15. Credit: SpaceX webcast PARIS — A Crew Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico early ...

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission attempted its first-ever commercial spacewalk early Thursday morning. Four people donning new spacesuits opened their Crew Dragon spaceship to the vacuum of space. The ...

After launching Tuesday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, the SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying the crew managed to ascend to 870 miles above Earth's surface. For Polaris Dawn mission specialists Sarah Gillis ...

When the Dragon spacecraft launched Tuesday atop a Falcon 9 rocket, the vehicle carried the private astronauts further into space than humans have reached in more than half a century. Two days after ...

The cosmic adventures of SpaceX's history-making Polaris Dawn mission's four-member crew culminated with their return to Earth on Sunday. SpaceX's history-making Polaris Dawn crew completed its ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Billionaire Jared Isaacman could make history for all the right reasons during his Polaris Dawn mission when the hatch opens on a SpaceX Crew Dragon and he ventures out into the ...

The four astronauts of the Polaris Dawn mission have now traveled further into outer space than any human has gone in more than half a century. After launching Tuesday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, the ...