Polaris Dawn astronauts perform historic private spacewalk in SpaceX-made suits
A crew of four private astronauts made history in the early hours of Thursday morning when they opened the hatch of their SpaceX Dragon capsule and conducted the first commercial spacewalk. The spacewalk, the riskiest part of the five-day Polaris…
SpaceX launches private mission expected to include first purely civilian spacewalk
A SpaceX capsule carrying four private citizens launched early Tuesday on a five-day mission that will include the first spacewalk by an all-civilian crew. The mission, named Polaris Dawn, launched at 5:24 a.m. ET from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s…
SpaceX: Elon Musk’s SpaceX tests groundbreaking technology in risky spacewalk
SpaceX’s attempt to conduct the first private spacewalk next week will be a test of groundbreaking equipment, including sleek spacesuits and an airlock-less cabin, and one of the riskiest missions yet for Elon Musk’s space company. A billionaire entrepreneur, a…
