The Dawn spacecraft is carrying a total of three scientific experiments on board. Alongside the camera system, which will acquire images of the surface of the asteroids, measurements will be carried ...

The Prius has a gasoline engine and an electric motor. The Dawn spacecraft has a Delta II Heavy rocket and three Solar Electric Propulsion Technology Applications Readiness engines. Put more ...

Those were just a few highlights of September’s Polaris Dawn mission: a five-day, four-person orbital spaceflight purchased from SpaceX and commanded by Jared Isaacman, the billionaire CEO of ...

The four-person Polaris Dawn mission launched early this morning ... Roaring off the launch pad, the rocket's nine Merlin engines cast a blisteringly bright light on the still waters around ...

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission, which concluded with a successful splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on September 15, 2024, has ...

Dawn began orbiting Ceres in March 2015. On Thursday, engineers at NASA mission control flipped on Dawn's ion engines for a week-long maneuver. The engines' gentle thrust will slowly descend Dawn ...

(CNN) — SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn crew is home, capping off a five-day mission to orbit — which included the world’s first commercial spacewalk — by splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Polaris Dawn mission lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 5:23 a.m. EST after several delays due to inclement weather. Near the end of the first day of the mission, the SpaceX Crew ...

The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission featuring the first spacewalk by private citizens is now slated for launch this Friday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Spearheaded by ...