SpaceX announced on social media Saturday that the Polaris Dawn crew successfully traveled farther from Earth since the Apollo program. (Credit: X/ SpaceX) ...

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Crew: Travels Farthest Since Apollo Missions Posted: November 11, 2024 | Last updated: February 18, 2025 SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew reached an apogee of 1,400.7 km (870.3mi).

The SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew made it further from Earth than any astronauts have been in 52 years. Blasting off early Tuesday on a mission that is a first of its kind, the crew's Dragon spacecraft ...

SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn mission is poised to launch a crew of private astronauts farther from Earth than any human has flown since Apollo 17. Skip to main content.

The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission lifted off from Merritt Island, Florida, in a Falcon 9 rocket from the NASA Kennedy Space Center at 5:23 a.m. and it was visible in southeastern Pennsylvania a ...

The SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew made it further from Earth than any astronauts have been in 52 years. Blasting off early Tuesday on a mission that is a first of its kind, the crew's Dragon spacecraft ...

Touching the altitude of 870 miles was one of the key objectives of the Polaris Dawn mission. It is the furthest humans have traveled in space since the completion of NASA’s Apollo program in 1972.