The spacewalk will now be done by one female and one male astronaut. The history-making, all-female spacewalk that was scheduled to happen on Friday, during Women’s History Month, has been canceled by ...

For the first time ever, a crew of private spacefarers have pulled off a daring orbital maneuver that until now had been left up to only government astronauts. In the predawn hours Thursday, the crew ...

Two private astronauts conducting the first commercial spacewalk did not so much float out of their spacecraft as they did "stand up." Polaris Dawn crewmates Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis took turns ...

Two private astronauts have completed the first-ever commercial spacewalk, marking the first time that civilian astronauts have stepped out into space. As part of the Polaris Dawn mission, launched on ...

Billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis ventured out into the vacuum of space early Thursday and made history. Coverage on this live blog has ended. Follow our full ...

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Astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in space on this day in history, June 3, 1965. White, an engineer, a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, a test pilot and NASA astronaut, ...

First came space tourism. Now comes an even bigger thrill for the monied masses: spacewalking. The stage is set for the first private spacewalk Thursday. Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman will pop out ...

The pioneering spacewalk came on the third of the five-day Polaris Dawn mission, which billionaire Jared Isaacman is commanding and helping to fund along with SpaceX. The first of three missions under ...