Billionaire and engineer conduct first private spacewalk in SpaceX mission
Washington DC, US Reuters Two astronauts – a billionaire and an engineer – completed the world’s first private spacewalk in orbit on Thursday outside a SpaceX capsule, wearing a new line of spacesuits in a risky feat previously exclusive to astronauts from national space programs. The astronauts on the Polaris Dawn mission went one at […]
SpaceX launches billionaire’s private crew on milestone spacewalk mission
Washington DC, US Reuters Four private astronauts blasted into space early on Tuesday in a modified SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, kicking off the company’s five-day Polaris Dawn mission, which aims to test new spacesuit designs and conduct the first private spacewalk. The crew, a billionaire entrepreneur, a retired military fighter pilot and two SpaceX employees, […]
Crewed SpaceX mission delayed after leak in ground equipment
Reuters The launch of SpaceX’s four-person Polaris Dawn mission will be delayed by at least a day because of a helium leak in ground equipment at Kennedy Space Center, the company said on Tuesday, hours before the scheduled liftoff of its Crew Dragon capsule. The highlight of the five-day mission is expected to come two […]