by Dragon Thu Sep 12, 2024 5:37 pm
SpaceX's private crew of four astronauts performed the world's first commercial spacewalk while soaring high above Earth on Thursday (Sept. 12) during the third day of a five-day trip to Earth orbit.
"SpaceX, back at home we have a lot of work to do, but from here it looks like a perfect world," Polaris Dawn commander Jared Isaacman, the American billionaire who financed the mission, said as he looked down on Earth while standing mostly outside the Dragon hatch.
After reaching the record-high altitude, the mission's Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft lowered to 458 miles (737 km) at its highest point. Once there, Resilience was depressurized, and Isaacman and Sarah Gillis exited into the void one at a time, with Isaacman popping out at about 6:48 a.m. EDT (1048 GMT) and Gillis following at 7:04 a.m. EDT (1104 GMT).
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