SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn crew has returned to Earth after five days in orbit.

The historic mission featured the world’s first commercial spacewalk by billionaire Jared Isaacman.

The Dragon capsule made splashdown off the coast of Florida shortly after 03:37 local time (07:37 GMT), in an event stream lived by SpaceX.

“Splashdown of Dragon confirmed! Welcome back to Earth,” SpaceX said on social media platform X.

The US space agency Nasa said the mission represented “a giant leap forward” for the commercial space industry.

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Billionaire Jared Isaacman and engineer Sarah Gillis have become the first non-professional crew to perform one of the riskiest manoeuvres in space – a spacewalk.

The pair stepped out of the SpaceX spacecraft around 15 minutes apart, starting at 11:52BST, wearing specially-designed suits.

It was commercially funded by Mr Isaacman. Before, only astronauts with government-funded space agencies had done a spacewalk.

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Climate scientists at Oxford University Physics are contributing to the EU’s “Destination Earth” initiative by developing a weather model that utilises Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The project involves AI and a digital twin of Earth, simulating natural phenomena and human activities to predict climate change scenarios around the globe – potentially protecting the most vulnerable communities against extreme weather.

About 3.3 to 3.6 billion people are highly vulnerable to climate change, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

AI commentator Stephanie Hare and various industry experts join this week’s AI Decoded to discuss advancements in weather forecasting and climate prediction.

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Streaming giant Spotify has no immediate plans to completely ban AI created content on its platform, its boss said.

But, despite a track featuring AI-cloned voices of Drake and The Weeknd was pulled from the platform earlier this year, Daniel Ek said there are valid uses of the tech in making music.

Spotify has also invested heavily into podcasts in recent years, and Mr Ek has admitted that “some of it has worked, some of it hasn’t”.

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The biggest rocket ever made has been test-fired in the Utah desert, in the United States.

Nasa’s Space Launch System is expected to pave the way for manned missions to Mars.

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