SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts conduct the first-ever private spacewalk
Source: NPR
September 12, 2024 6:45 AM ET
An internet entrepreneur and a SpaceX engineer have become the first private astronauts to walk in space.
Jared Isaacman, who has amassed a fortune through his online payment company Shift4, paid for the mission, known as Polaris Dawn. Just before 7 a.m. ET, Isaacman pulled open the hatch and floated outside.
He spent about 10 minutes outside the SpaceX Dragon capsule looking down on Earth. A few minutes later, SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis stepped outside for a similar amount of time.
The mission’s two other astronauts, Scott Poteet, a former Air Force pilot who works for Isaacman, and SpaceX engineer Anna Menon, remained inside the capsule to support the Isaacman and Gillis. But because the capsule had no air inside, they too were technically spacewalking, making this the largest number of astronauts to ever spacewalk simultaneously, according to the company. The entire spacewalk was livestreamed by SpaceX.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2024/09/12/g-s1-22253/watch-spacewalk-spacex-astronauts
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First view of Dragon's forward hatch open
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Mission Specialist @Gillis_SarahE is conducting the same series of suit mobility tests @rookisaacman completed
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