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Tech billionaire returns to Earth after first private spacewalk

A billionaire spacewalker is back on Earth

The Independent UK

Watch: SpaceX Dragon and Polaris Dawn crew return to Earth after historic mission

Watch as the SpaceX Dragon and Polaris Dawn crew returned to Earth on Sunday (15 September) after a historic mission.

The Independent UK

Historic Private Astronaut Mission Prepares For Splashdown

The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, which made history when its crew conducted the first ever spacewalk by non-government astronauts, is returning to Earth on Sunday.

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SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts will return to Earth early Sunday. Here's how to watch live online

After five days in space aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon, the crew of Polaris Dawn will return to Earth early TKday, and you can watch the landing live.

Space

'That Looks As Fake As When NASA Did It': Conspiracy That SpaceX's First Commercial Spacewalk Is A Hoax Goes Viral

Previously, only astronauts from government space agencies had conducted spacewalks to build or upgrade space stations in orbit, repair satellites, and complete science experiments.

International Business Times UK

First Private Spacewalk

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Reason

SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts beam photos to Earth using Starlink satellites

The private Polaris Dawn crew notched another milestone on Thursday (Sept. 12), beaming photos home using SpaceX's Starlink broadband satellites.

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Polaris Dawn mission: Valuable space race progress or vanity project?

The most ambitious mission yet in the billionaire space race saw Jared Isaacman become the first non-professional astronaut to walk in space on Thursday, in partnership with Elon Musk's SpaceX. The Polaris Dawn mission has been welcomed by the aerospace community for pushing the boundaries of 21st-century spaceflight, but dismissed…

France 24

Polaris Dawn astronaut plays 'Star Wars' song in music video beamed from space (video)

Polaris Dawn astronaut Sarah Gillis released a new music video from space while playing violin inside the mission's Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Space

A billionaire and an engineer have completed the first private spacewalk. But this isn’t just a vanity project

Two astronauts have carried out the first-ever commercial spacewalk, using new less-bulky spacesuits designed by SpaceX.

The Conversation

Who is Jared Isaacman, the first billionaire spacewalker?

The 41-year-old entrepreneur is also an experienced pilot.

Fortune

SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts talk US flag and kids' books from orbit on historic spaceflight (videos)

The Polaris Dawn crew called down to Earth to honor the anniversary of 9/11, and to do a book-reading event to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Space

Polaris Dawn: World's 1st commercial spacewalk was history's 20th stand-up EVA

Two private astronauts conducting the first commercial spacewalk did not so much float out of their spacecraft as they did "stand up."

Space

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn astronauts complete spacewalk: How it happened

The four-member civilian crew will return to Earth to cap a five-day trip after completing an experimental spacewalk.

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The Guardian - UK

Polaris Dawn astronauts complete first commercial spacewalk

Billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX’s Sarah Gillis exit capsule in slimmed-down spacesuits hundreds of miles up

Inverse

58 Years Later, Astronauts Take A Super Risky Depressurized Space Walk

The Polaris spacewalk looked a lot like the earliest NASA spacewalks during the Gemini missions in the late 1960s. Here are the historic photos from that spacewalk.

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Historic Spacex Polaris Dawn Crew Makes First Civilian Spacewalk

Witness the historic SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew's groundbreaking spacewalk led by civilian Commander Jared Isaacman, testing new spacesuit technology in spac...

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SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts perform historic 1st private spacewalk in orbit (video)

Two Polaris Dawn astronauts completed the world's first all-private spacewalk in their new SpaceX extravehicular activity suits, on Day 3 of the groundbreaking mission.

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The Guardian - UK

SpaceX Polaris Dawn: all-civilian crew completes first privately funded spacewalk – as it happened

Billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis take part in first privately-funded spacewalk

Evening Standard

SpaceX Polaris Dawn LIVE: Billionaire Jared Isaacman completes first privately-funded spacewalk

A billionaire has become the first non-professional astronaut to walk in space.

The Independent UK

Billionaire's spacewalk with SpaceX delayed several hours hundreds of miles above Earth

A billionaire will have to wait a little longer to perform the first private spacewalk

International Business Times

SpaceX Polaris Dawn Crew Set For Historic Private Spacewalk

After trekking deeper into space than any humans in the last half-century, a pioneering private crew is set to make history Thursday with the first-ever spacewalk by non-professional astronauts.

Space

Watch SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts conduct 1st private spacewalk early Sept. 12

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn astronaut mission plans to conduct the first-ever private spacewalk early Thursday morning (Sept. 12), and you can watch the historic action live.

Space

New record! 19 people are orbiting Earth right now

Three people launched toward the ISS today (Sept. 11) aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule, bringing the total number of people in Earth orbit to 19 — a new record.

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Meet the NASA science flying on SpaceX's Polaris Dawn private astronaut mission

SpaceX's historic Polaris Dawn private astronaut mission carried a variety of NASA experiments to orbit. Here's a quick look at the research and its goals.

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