The SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico in the pre-dawn hours Sunday morning after a five-day mission that included the first-ever private spacewalk.

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission was a spaceflight for the ages. Here's what the historic mission was like from launch to landing.

This is not a traditional spacewalk. Overnight, the Polaris Dawn Crew will rely on SpaceX suits while their spacecraft is depressurized and opened.

Four private astronauts are back on Earth after a five-day mission that set firsts and broke records in an effort to advance human spaceflight.

The crew spent five days in orbit on a mission that includes the first spacewalk by astronauts from the commercial sector.

Polaris Dawn also carried out the first spacewalk by private astronauts. Traditionally only government astronauts, such as from NASA and the Russian and Chinese space agencies, ca

After five history-making days in space, the Polaris Dawn mission ended Sunday morning with a safe splash down off the Florida coast.

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission, in which billionaire Jared Isaacman and three other crew members traveled to space in a Crew Dragon, has made headlines for including the first-ever private spacewalk. While the flight has been hailed as historic for that reason,

The five-day mission included the world's first all-civilian spacewalk, setting a new altitude record and 34 experiments.