All-Civilian Polaris Dawn Crew Travels Farthest From Earth In Over 50 Years, Since NASA's Apollo Program
Elon Musk‘s spacecraft manufacturing company SpaceX said on Tuesday that the all-civilian Polaris Dawn mission has touched its maximum target altitude of 870 miles, marking the farthest humans have ventured from Earth in over 50 years.
Polaris Dawn spacewalk: Is the US breaking a 50-year-old space law?
It will be the first-ever spacewalk on a private mission. But does the US bear no responsibility for SpaceX’s ambitions?
'Polaris Dawn Spacewalk Was Fake': Conspiracy Theorists Crawl Out After Historic Day
Conspiracy theorists have crawled out again confidently claiming that the world's first private spacewalk performed yesterday was 'fake.' Two members of SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission stepped out of the Dragon spacecraft on September 12, marking the first instance of astronauts getting exposed to space in a commercial mission.
All-Civilian Polaris Dawn Crew Travels Farthest From Earth In Over 50 Years, Since NASA's Apollo Program
It is the furthest humans have traveled in space since the completion of NASA’s Apollo program in 1972. Days Ahead: Now that the company has cleared its altitude milestone, it is now looking to ...
SpaceX launch: Polaris Dawn crew looks to make history with civilian spacewalk
The Polaris Dawn crew boarded a SpaceX Dragon capsule for a 5:23 a.m. liftoff Tuesday atop the Falcon 9. The orbital mission will last five days.
SpaceX launches Polaris Dawn crew on daring excursion into Earth’s radiation belts
The Polaris Dawn mission took off Tuesday morning. The civilian crew launched aboard a SpaceX capsule into Earth’s orbit to attempt an unprecedented spacewalk.
Polaris Dawn Mission Finally Begins as SpaceX Launches Crew Into Orbit
SpaceX successfully began its Polaris Dawn mission early Tuesday, launching its crew of four astronauts from Florida into low-Earth orbit. The launch used a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, and the crew are now orbiting Earth inside a SpaceX Dragon capsule.
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn astronauts will make a daring trek into Earth's Van Allen radiation belt
SpaceX's trailblazing Polaris Dawn mission will make a daring trek into Earth orbit, one that will ferry the crew through belts of radiation wrapped around our planet.
SpaceX launches Polaris Dawn, where astronauts will venture farther than any humans in more than 50 years
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off in the early hours of Tuesday morning carrying a crew that will attempt the first commercial spacewalk and travel higher than
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50 years ago: Apollo 11 rolls out, NASA…
Fifty years ago today ... That same day, NASA managers met to select a formal target launch date. That meeting resulted in 16 July 1969 being chosen as Apollo 11’s launch day – a target ...
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NASA prepares to head back to the moon.
This time next year, if everything stays on schedule, NASA will send its first crewed mission to the moon, since the end of ...
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What Happened to Apollo 13? Inside the Near-Fatal 1970 NASA Mission — And Exactly What Went Wrong
The unwavering teamwork, strength and determination by both the astronauts and NASA’s ground crew continue to inspire over 50 years later with movies like Academy Award winner Apollo 13.
NASA Shares Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Remarks
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson released his remarks as prepared for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal ...
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The moon beckons once again, and this time NASA wants to stay
The moon NASA is seeking to visit is not the same moon that Neil Armstrong and the rest of the Apollo astronauts left behind some 50 years ago. It is not the bone-dry mass that scientists had ...
Apollo 13: Eerie documentary shows what it’s like to be stranded in space
A new documentary chronicling the events surrounding the Apollo 13 mission, in which three astronauts found themselves ...
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What Happened to Apollo 13? Inside the Near-Fatal 1970 NASA Mission — And Exactly What Went Wrong
“More than 50 years after the mission ... So what happened to Apollo 13? Here’s everything to know about one of NASA’s most dramatic missions and its significance in space exploration ...
What Happened to Apollo 13? Inside the Near-Fatal 1970 NASA Mission — And Exactly What Went Wrong
Apollo 13 was slated to be the third landing on the moon after Apollo 8 (1968) and Apollo 12 (1969). Launched on April 11, ...