The historic Polaris Dawn mission will soon be on its way to space. The SpaceX-operated mission will see a four-person crew to space for a five-day mission. Led by Polaris Program leader and Mission ...

Four civilians comprising the trailblazing Polaris Dawn crew are soon to embark on a daring cosmic mission that includes the first-ever spacewalk made by anyone other than government astronauts.

The Polaris Dawn mission, an ambitious five-day journey to the upper reaches of Earth's orbit, will take the crew higher than an human has traveled in more than 50 years. After descending to a ...