Polaris Dawn astronauts perform historic private spacewalk while wearing SpaceX-made suits

Image caption: Jared Isaacman during first commercial spacewalk. Image credit: SpaceX / Polaris Dawn. Article by Aria Alamalhodaei. TechCrunch – September 12, 2024.

A crew of four private astronauts made history in the early hours of Thursday when they opened the hatch of their SpaceX Dragon capsule and conducted the first commercial spacewalk. The spacewalk, the riskiest part of the five-day Polaris Dawn mission, kicked off at 6:12 a.m. ET when oxygen started flowing into the astronauts’ spacesuits. […]

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