The Polaris Dawn mission will spend up to five days in orbit and plan to reach milestones for commercial spaceflight.

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New research shows space tourists experience some of the same body changes as astronauts who spend months in orbit.

The youngest American to journey into space, Hayley Arceneaux, has a simple title for her memoir.

The billionaire entrepreneur who flew SpaceX's first all-civilian mission to orbit last year has commissioned the company for three more missions, including the first crewed flight of Starship.

In the final few minutes of the mission, the families of the inspiration4 crew were together one last time in a room at the Kennedy Space Center.

The Inspiration4 crew stops by the Port for a photo op.

The Inspiration4 crew was resting and recovering Sunday after returning from their historic three-day space mission.

After spending three days orbiting the Earth, SpaceX’s Inspiration4 crew returned to Earth after a splashdown off Florida's coast Saturday evening.

The crew of the historic Inspiration4 mission is expected to return to Earth on Saturday with splashdown planned to take place at 7:06 p.m.

SpaceX announced online Friday what time the Dragon capsule carrying the Inspiration4 crew is planned to splashdown after orbiting the Earth since their launch on Wednesday.

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Tom Cruise is getting a sneak preview of what it's like to circle Earth in a SpaceX capsule.

How's the Inspiration4 crew doing? Pretty good.

At 8:02 p.m. on Wednesday, the Inspiration4 mission made history by launching a team of amateur astronauts into orbit from Central Florida's Space Coast.

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While the countdown and launch Wednesday may look a little similar to the recent SpaceX launches with NASA astronauts there are several differences.

.SpaceX’s first private flight has streaked into orbit with two contest winners, a health care worker and their rich sponsor. It was the first time a spacecraft circled Earth with an all-amateur crew and no professional astronauts. SpaceX’s recycled rocket soared Wednesday night from the same Kennedy Space Center pad used by the company’s three previous astronaut flights for NASA. But this time, the Dragon capsule aimed for an unusually high orbit, 100 miles higher than the International...

As SpaceX makes another historic launch, News 6 is offering multiple views of the spectacle.

Usually, when NASA launches a spacecraft to the International Space Station, the launch window is instantaneous. If the weather or anything else isn’t good right at that very second, it doesn’t go.

The crew can't wait to snack on cold pizza and look through the Dragon cupola

The new Netflix documentary on the Inspiration4 mission shows that astronaut training was a moment of truth for the all-civilian crew.

Launches are always exciting, especially nighttime launches. But Wednesday's will be one for the history books.

Two people were killed in a crash in Osteen around 8:04 p.m. on Monday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

SpaceX will attempt to launch four civilians from KSC after 8:02 p.m. Wednesday.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and a special-edition Crew Dragon spacecraft has been rolled out and is now vertical on Kennedy Space Center’s launchpad ahead of the historic Inspiration4 launch scheduled for Wednesday.

Four non-professional astronauts arrived in Kennedy Space Center Thursday ahead of their SpaceX rocket launch next week, which will mark the first time a human spaceflight from Florida will not have a single NASA astronaut onboard.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – The stakes are high, about 200 miles high, for fundraisers, YouTubers and creative space enthusiasts vying to be on board the first private trip to orbit Earth in a SpaceX Crew Dragon. The Inspiration 4 contest established by Jared Isaacman, the CEO of Shift4 Payment, will send four private citizens to low-Earth orbit later this year in the spacecraft. Interested space travelers could enter the competition by either donating to St. Jude or using Shift4Shop to share their business stories on social media. Brevard County launch photographer John Kraus, 21, threw his hat in the ring raising nearly $10,000 for St. Jude with his original photography. The four-person crew will launch from Kennedy Space Center’s launchpad 39A.

Isaacman announced Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, that he aims to use the trip to raise more than $200 million for St. Jude. (St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital via AP)NEW YORK – SpaceX’s first all-civilian space flight set for late this year will provide an out-of-this-world fundraising opportunity for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which says it expects to generate $200 million for cancer research and other causes. St. Jude, which specializes in researching and treating pediatric diseases, also stands to increase awareness of its mission. The fourth seat will go to a frontline healthcare worker at St. Jude’s hospital to inspire hope about its mission. Inspiration4 should live up to its name for children at St. Jude’s hospital, Shadyac said.

A 37-year-old businessman has bought four tickets to space with SpaceX and plans to take along three everyday people with him all while raising money for sick children. After the all-civilian spaceflight crew is announced, Isaacman plans to train with them, including some team bonding. “I am going to ensure that I introduce some very uncomfortable and stressful situations here on Earth long before we go up in space,” Isaacman said. Since NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley’s historic spaceflight, the Crew Dragon has now shuttled four other astronauts to the ISS with plans for two more astronaut launches this year for NASA and its international partners. Axios Space recently announced it has purchased a private spaceflight from SpaceX and four international businessmen will fly in Crew Dragon in early 2022.