DRY TORTUGAS, Fla. - After five days in orbit, the Polaris Dawn mission, which conducted the world's first commercial spacewalk, has returned safely to Earth. At 3:36 am EDT, the Dragon capsule Resilience splashed down off the coast of the Dry Tortugas, Florida, David Szondy writes for New Atlas. Continue reading original article.
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17 September 2024 - On 12 September, mission commander Jared Issacman, a billionaire CEO, and SpaceX employee Sarah Gillis exited the Dragon commercial capsule to spend approximately 12 minutes outside each. As the SpaceX capsule lacks an airlock, all four crewmembers were exposed to the vaccum of space.
“Today’s EVA was the first time four humans were exposed to the vacuum of space while completing the first-ever commercial astronaut spacewalk from a commercially-produced spacecraft in commercially-produced extravehicular activity [EVA] suits,” said Stu Keech, vice president of Dragon engineering at SpaceX, on 12 September.
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