Spacewalk : The astronaut team of the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission has successfully completed the world’s first private spacewalk.
Billionaire Jared Isaacman walked first, followed by SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis. The spacewalk was conducted for just 30 minutes. But it took two hours to prepare. A new space suit was tested in this event. The photo of Isaacman in space was posted by SpaceX CEO Musk X. Reaching an altitude of 1400.7 km 15 hours after take off, the Polaris Dawn mission achieved a rare milestone.
#FPVideo: Two astronauts from a SpaceX capsule in Earth’s orbit carried out the world’s first private spacewalk on Thursday, tethered to the Crew Dragon spacecraft in the vacuum of space while two others watched from inside, hundreds of miles from Earth. pic.twitter.com/mK6eRxtvNv
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Polaris Dawn Flight Day 3 Update
Early Thursday morning at 7:58 a.m. ET, the Polaris Dawn crew successfully completed the world’s first spacewalk – also known as an extravehicular activity (EVA) – from Dragon at 732.2 km above Earth.
Shortly after arriving in space on… pic.twitter.com/ASEH6G3sR9
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