After leaving behind the Van Allen Belt, Polaris Dawn dropped to a closer Earth orbit to perform experiments. The highlight was the first-ever spacewalk by a commercial (non-government ...

Polaris Program’s Polaris Dawn mission is a first-of-its-kind effort to rapidly advance human spaceflight capabilities while continuing to raise funds and awareness for important causes here on Earth.

It is not a sound often heard in Earth orbit, but in the newly released ... the online video spot shows Polaris Dawn crewmates Jared Isaacman, Scott "Kidd" Poteet, Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon ...

During the September mission, the Polaris Dawn crew conducted the first commercial spacewalk as well as ventured into the lower band of Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts, which are areas within ...

Polaris Dawn was a private astronaut mission ... in space for really long periods of time and going really far from Earth,” said Menon. For example, crewmembers stuck a device called an ...

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 members, from left to right, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin and NASA astronauts Michael Barratt ...

The Crew-9 launch also suffered issues with the Falcon 9 rocket. Its upper stage had a problem with a final deorbit burn, ...

The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on ...

SpaceX's first-ever astronaut mission to study Earth's poles has been shelved for now. The mission Fram2 is targeted for launch no earlier than Spring 2025, delayed from the targeted timeline of late ...