Polaris Dawn has once again made history with the first private spacewalk. On Thursday, Sept. 12, tech billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis ventured out of their Dragon spacecraft, dressed in the latest SpaceX spacesuits, at an altitude of 460 miles—higher than most recent space missions. This marked a significant technical milestone and…

Early Tuesday, Sept. 10, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, four private astronauts, led by billionaire Jared Isaacman, embarked on a landmark space mission aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule. The SpaceX mission, dubbed Polaris Dawn, is set to reach an unprecedented altitude of 870 miles above Earth — the highest since the Apollo moon…

The first U.S. moon landing mission in decades was launched Monday morning, Jan. 8, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Vulcan rocket lifted into space at 2:18 a.m. carrying a robotic spacecraft, hoping to be the first lunar lander by a private company. It was also the first flight for Vulcan, which…

The missing piece of an Alaska Airlines plane that blew off in midflight is found in a backyard. And the first U.S. moon landing mission in decades lifts off. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Missing panel from Alaska Airlines flight found As the National Transportation Safety Board…

Four astronauts, including three Americans and one Canadian, have been chosen by NASA to complete a generation-defining mission to the moon’s orbit. It is the first of NASA’s Artemis missions to the moon with astronauts aboard the Artemis II. Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch from NASA, and Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space…

We have an update on Brittney Griner since her return to the U.S. three days ago; a bombing suspect finally in custody; and a winter storm warning. These stories and more highlight your morning rundown for Monday, Dec. 12, 2022.  Update on Griner return, Whelan detainment “She’s at SA getting appropriate mental and physical healthcare…