The SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew of four civilian astronauts successfully completed the first-ever commercial spacewalk.

Sarah Gillis isn't what you might consider a career astronaut. Yet, in just a few hours the 30-year-old SpaceX engineer will join pilot and "daredevil billionaire" Jared Isaacman on a history ...

That’s because the Crew Dragon does not have a pressurized airlock, so the entire capsule was depressurized and exposed to vacuum conditions. Overall, the Polaris Dawn mission is designed to ...

opened the ship's hatch to expose its interior to the vacuum of space, and completed the first-ever commercial spacewalk. Their week-long mission, called Polaris Dawn, is fully private with no ...

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission is about to attempt the first-ever commercial spacewalk. Four people plan to don new spacesuits and open their Crew Dragon spaceship to the vacuum of space. You can watch ...

Spacewalk Recap: Scroll down to read updates from the September 12 SpaceX Polaris Dawn spacewalk ... difference once suited and exposed to the vacuum of space puts them at risk for decompression ...

The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission crew completed the first ... thus exposing all four crew to the vacuum of space. The spacewalk was delayed from the 2:23 a.m. ET scheduled event, but was completed ...

Read more about Polaris Dawn’s historic milestone here ... SpaceX knew that once the Crew Dragon capsule was exposed to the vacuum of space, components inside the vehicle could then vent ...

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission attempted its first-ever commercial spacewalk early Thursday morning. Four people donning new spacesuits opened their Crew Dragon spaceship to the vacuum of space. The ...