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SpaceX Polaris Dawn Crew Completes First Commercial Spacewalk

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 rocket launching, with smoke underneath.
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Sept. 10, 2024.

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Key Takeaways

  • The crew of SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission completed the first commercial spacewalk Thursday morning.
  • The mission launched Tuesday and is in the process of performing dozens of experiments during an orbit of up to five days.
  • On board the Polaris Dawn flight are two SpaceX employees, a retired Air Force pilot, and a tech CEO who had been part of a previous SpaceX mission.

The astronauts on board the Polaris Dawn flight from 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Elon Musk's SpaceX that launched earlier this week spent time outside of their spacecraft Thursday morning in the first commercial spacewalk.

The four-person crew 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:launched Tuesday and is in the midst of the highest orꦏbi🦹t above Earth since NASA's Apollo program, which first put astronauts on the moon in 1969.

C𓆉rew Performed Mobility Tests in SpaceX-Designed Suits

The crew, wearing SpaceX-designed suits, exited their craft and performed a number of mobility tests to evaluate the performance of the suits. They are set to perform dozens of experiments to learn more about human health in space, along with t൩ests of Starlink communications equipment.

On board the craft are two SpaceX Mission Specialists, Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon; former Air Force pilot Kidd Poteet; and Shift4 Payments (FOUR澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jared Isaacman, who previously flew to space as commander of SpaceX's I🌸nspiration4 in 2021.

SpaceX has said the orbit will be a trip up to five days, putting the astronauts' return likely sometime this weekend.

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