Polaris Dawn Mission Achieves World’s First Private Spacewalk

Polaris Dawn Mission Achieves World’s First Private Spacewalk

Mission commander Jared Isaacman emerges from Crew Dragon during the Polaris Dawn spacewalk on Sept. 12, 2024. Credit: SpaceX The first-ever commercial spacewalk is in the books! Last month on Sept. 12, SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission took four astronauts on a five-day...
Fifty Years Ago: America’s First Spacewalk

Fifty Years Ago: America’s First Spacewalk

Image: Astronaut Ed White became the first American to conduct a “spacewalk” in the vast emptiness of space on June 3, 1965 during Gemini IV.  Commander James McDivitt, his mission counterpart, captured this photo of him outside the space craft over the Pacific...