SpaceX is working on a program to use its mammoth Starship rocket to develop commercial products in space, potentially opening up a new business line for the world’s most valuable private startup, ...

The Polaris program and SpaceX have partnered with more than 30 institutions around the world to perform the research, which will focus largely on human health. “We are born into 1G,” said Menon.

As a SpaceX flight circles the polar regions of the Earth for the first time this week, an MUSC researcher will be gauging crew sleep and other health effects.