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An unprecedented space mission lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, early Tuesday. Dubbed Polaris Dawn, the first-of-its-kind mission used a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch a Crew Dragon capsule containing four private astronauts for a five-day orbit.The mission is a follow-up of sorts to a 2021 private mission called Inspiration4. It was…

Enlarge / A Crew Dragon spacecraft separates from the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday morning.SpaceX A Falcon 9 rocket streaked into the blackened the pre-dawn sky above Florida on Tuesday, carrying four people on the most ambitious private human spaceflight to date. The crew of the Polaris Dawn mission, led by…

The first uncrewed flight to Mars on SpaceX's Starship will take place in two years time, the company's CEO Elon Musk said on Saturday."The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens. These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars," Musk wrote…

An unprecedented space mission will be launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the coming days. Dubbed Polaris Dawn, the first mission of its kind will use a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch a Crew Dragon capsule containing four private astronauts for a five-day orbit.The mission is a follow-up of sorts to a…

Jeff Bezos said on a Blue Origin tour that he wants the company to make space travel so cheap that "two kids in a dorm" can make the next space mega-company.YouTuber Tim Dodd, known by his channel name "Everyday Astronaut," posted a video of the second part of his tour of the Blue Origin production…

Isaacman and another crew member plan to test SpaceX's new extravehicular space suits in the first-ever commercial space walk. The suits are designed for increased mobility, and a mask display shows information such as internal pressure levels and temperature.It's not Isaacman's first time in space.Three years ago, he helped finance and led a SpaceX trip…

Enlarge / Welders at SpaceX's Starbase launch site work on the launch pad's "chopstick" catch arms this week. Pretty much every day for the last couple of weeks, workers wielding welding guns and torches have climbed onto SpaceX's Starship launch pad in South Texas to make last-minute upgrades ahead of the next test flight of…

Elon Musk on Tuesday said SpaceX's Starlink, Musk's satellite internet service, would allow people stranded in the wilderness to access emergency services on their cellphones for free.The SpaceX CEO made the comments in an X post as the company, in partnership with T-Mobile, currently seeks approval from the Federal Communications Commission to operate its direct-to-cellular…

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will remain on board the International Space Station until February, returning to Earth on a SpaceX Crew Dragon. NASA announced its decision over the weekend, citing concerns about the safety of the Boeing Starliner capsule due to helium leaks and thruster issues. The troublesome Starliner is slated to undock…

Enlarge / The crew of Polaris Dawn, from L to R: Scott "Kidd" Poteet, Anna Menon, Sarah Gillis, and Jared Isaacman.Polaris Program/John Kraus SpaceX is set to launch the 14th crewed flight on its Dragon spacecraft early on Tuesday morning—and it's an intriguing one. This Polaris Dawn mission, helmed and funded by an entrepreneur and…