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 ...

Half the Polaris Dawn crew, SpaceX astronaut Sarah ... that the whole Crew Dragon cabin was depressurized and open to the vacuum of space. That means that if something goes wrong, Isaacman and ...

Pic: SpaceX via AP But the Polaris Dawn team didn't have access to a pool, so improvised the feeling of zero gravity while being suspended from ropes and pullies. The crew has been training for ...

using a giant swimming pool known as the “Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory” to simulate spacewalk conditions. But now Polaris Dawn is going all the way back to 1965, depressurizing the entire ...

Polaris Vac-Sweep 360 is my first recommendation. It works without a separate booster pump - Just need to connect the cleaner to the pool circulation pump. It uses the clean water returning to the ...

The crew of a privately-funded space mission will today attempt the first spacewalk by non-professional astronauts. The ...

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 ...

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 ...