Isaacman famously dropped out of high school at 16 years old to ... a defining mission to the upper reaches of Earth's orbit when Polaris Dawn potentially launches within a week.

SpaceX's upcoming Polaris Dawn mission aims to be historic in more ways than one. Polaris Dawn plans to not only orbit Earth higher than any astronauts have in more than 50 years but to also ...

It is not a sound often heard in Earth orbit ... Related: SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts perform historic 1st private spacewalk in orbit (video) The four private astronauts filmed the commercial ...

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew has returned to Earth after five ... Jared Isaacman, the high-school dropout behind historic spacewalk Astronauts reveal what life is like in orbit – and how they ...

an on-orbit symphonic performance, and nearly 40 scientific research experiments. Those were just a few highlights of September’s Polaris Dawn mission: a five-day, four-person orbital ...

After leaving behind the Van Allen Belt, Polaris Dawn dropped to a closer Earth orbit to perform experiments. The highlight was the first-ever spacewalk by a commercial (non-government ...

in orbit versus on Earth. Another experiment that the Polaris Dawn crew underwent to understand in-space ailments involved a series of MRI scans just before liftoff and immediately after returning ...

SpaceX and the Polaris Dawn crew have completed ... and farther from Earth than any other since the Apollo lunar missions. However, the orbit was lowered to about 700 km for the spacewalk, where ...

After an amazing orbital flight, billionaire-pilot Jared Isaacman says he aims to safeguard human civilization by spreading ...

University of Colorado Boulder alum Sarah Gillis returned to Boulder on Monday after a space mission where she participated ...

Spacewalk Recap: Scroll down to read updates from the September 12 SpaceX Polaris Dawn spacewalk ... spacecraft still continuing to speed around the Earth at more than 17,000 mph to ensure it stays in ...