Today NASA said that the Dawn spacecraft has fallen out of contact with Earth, presumably because it’s run out of the thruster… Read More The once-mysterious bright spots shining on the surface of the ...

Polaris Dawn is aiming for the first civilian spacewalk on an ambitious mission launching no earlier than Aug. 26. Four astronauts will fly to Earth orbit aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule ...

It’s still a big deal 58 years later, since that record for a crewed spacecraft in Earth orbit remains. But that will change later this month, when the crewmembers of the Polaris Dawn mission ...

The Dawn spacecraft is carrying a total of three scientific experiments on board. Alongside the camera system, which will acquire images of the surface of the asteroids, measurements will be carried ...

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The mission behind the first-ever spacewalk performed by a non-professional astronaut was completed Sunday when the Dragon capsule of SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission splashed down off the coast of ...

The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) partnered with the Polaris Program to collect biomedical data from its spaceflight participants during the Polaris Dawn mission. Polaris ...

At more than 870 miles above Earth, this was no ordinary violin recital.On Sept. 13, 2024, Sarah Gillis (AeroEngr’17) played ...

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The first will be SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission which keeps being delayed and is now scheduled for Monday. The second one will be done by Roscosmos where two cosmonauts and one astronaut will ...