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THIS WAS A VERY, VERY INTENSE PART OF THE FLIGHT. YOU KNOW, COMING TO THE CONCLUSION OF POLARIS DAWN. BUT THERE’S GOING TO BE MANY MISSIONS IN THE FUTURE THAT’S GOING TO HELP US FURTHER SPACE ...

The Polaris Dawn mission stands out for several reasons. In terms of science and technology, the highlight is the test of new spacesuits for extravehicular activity (or EVA). A spacesuit that ...

Polaris Dawn was the first of three missions of the Polaris Program. Polaris Dawn was the gate-opener mission to the larger Polaris Program, a set of at least three anticipated missions bankrolled ...

The winner of the 2024 Polaris Music Prize will be anointed on Tuesday evening at Massey Hall in Toronto. The prestigious $50,000 award will be handed out to one of the 10 acts nominated for ...

Days after returning to Earth, the four civilian crew members of the Polaris Dawn mission opened ... but all four crew members technically took part because the Dragon capsule does not have ...

Polaris Dawn finished its revolutionary spaceflight on Sunday when the four-member crew splashed down off Florida's coast after spending five days in Earth's orbit on the most ambitious commercial ...

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission, in which billionaire Jared Isaacman and three other crew members traveled to space in a Crew Dragon, has made headlines for including the first-ever private spacewalk.

Polaris/X Her playing was synced up with orchestras around the world to complete the ensemble, but Gills’ part was solely audible in real-time to her three crew members, who could be seen ...

The SpaceX-made spacesuits worn by the Polaris Dawn crew are likely the first iteration of what will eventually be worn by those future settlers. SpaceX and the Polaris Dawn crew have completed ...

Polaris Dawn orbited about 460 miles above Earth ... The “de-orbit burn,” as Resilience descended, involved passing through the thickest part of Earth’s atmosphere, where it hit temperatures ...

"We actually had a pretty neat view of Polaris Dawn entering," astronaut Mike Barratt radioed flight controllers in Houston. "All of us were more or less crowded in the (multi-window) cupola ...