The private Polaris Dawn crew called home from space to share their historic mission with two nonprofit organizations close to their hearts. Polaris Dawn, funded and commanded by billionaire ...

SpaceX and the Polaris Dawn crew may be celebrating their milestone, but the riskiest endeavors are still ahead for this five-day mission — which is designed to push the limits of commercial ...

The mission, dubbed Polaris Dawn, lifted off at 5:23 a.m. ET. SpaceX livestreamed the event on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk purchased in 2022.

The mission, known as Polaris Dawn, is a collaboration between Mr. Isaacman and SpaceX, the rocket company led by Elon Musk. “Send us, SpaceX,” Mr. Isaacman said with just over 30 seconds left ...

A SpaceX Dragon carrying the four members of the Polaris Dawn crew is zooming into the upper reaches of Earth's orbit, where it should reach higher than any human has traveled in decades.

SpaceX successfully launched a crew of four—including a billionaire—as part of a private space mission known as Polaris Dawn early Tuesday, as the company looks to make history with the first ...

Following several delays, SpaceX has finally launched the historic Polaris Dawn mission with four non-professional astronauts aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft. A Falcon 9 rocket delivered the crew ...

Sept. 9 (UPI) --SpaceX early Tuesday successfully launched the Polaris Dawn mission with four civilians who will travel the farthest into space humans have gone in more than 50 years. The Falcon 9 ...

COPY. ONE ALPHA. VEHICLE PITCHING DOWNRANGE. STAGE ONE. PROPULSION IS NOMINAL. T PLUS 35 SECONDS INTO THE POLARIS DAWN MISSION. FLYING CREW ON BOARD DRAGON AND FALCON NINE TO NEW HEIGHTS.

Launch recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Tuesday, Sept. 10, liftoff of the Polaris Dawn mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Original story ...