SpaceX cameras captured the moment as the capsule’s parachutes deployed and the crew, arms crossed, prepared for landing. The splashdown occurred around 3:30 a.m., marking the crew's safe return ...

Right off the bat, the crew set a new altitude record for a piloted spacecraft in Earth orbit, reaching a high point, or apogee, of 875 miles. The Polaris Dawn crew in orbit earlier in the mission.

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn crew is home, capping off a five-day mission to orbit — which included the world’s first commercial spacewalk — by splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico.

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn crew is home, capping off a five-day mission to orbit — which included the world’s first commercial spacewalk — by splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico.

Footage from SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission. Credit: SpaceX Big news in the world of commercial space flight: On Thursday morning, Jared Iasaacman and Sarah Gillis, members of SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn ...

, Fla. — This Thursday, the Polaris Dawn crew completed the first private spacewalk. WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS Commander Jared Isaacman and Mission Specialist Sarah Gillis took turns ...

Sept. 11, 2024: Polaris Dawn crew reaches space, prepares for historic spacewalk Sept. 11, 2024: Polaris Dawn crew has now traveled farther in space than any humans in decades ...

In a historic moment for space travel, the Polaris Dawn crew, made of entirely civilian astronauts, conducted the first-ever private spacewalk on Thursday morning. Previously a high-risk endeavor ...

A four-person crew of civilians on board SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission unlocked the hatch of their capsule and made history as the first group of non-government astronauts to conduct a spacewalk ...

The spacewalk, the riskiest part of the five-day Polaris Dawn mission, kicked off at 6:12 a.m. ET when oxygen started flowing into the astronauts’ spacesuits.

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 ...

The others in Polaris include mission pilot Scott Poteet, 50, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis, 30, and Anna Menon, 38, both senior engineers.