by The historic SpaceX astronaut mission — which conducted the first-ever private spacewalk, among other achievements —returned to Earth today (Sept. 15), splashing down safely in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida at 3:36 a.m. EDT (0736 GMT).
"Polaris Dawn we are mission complete.
Thanks for all the big help pulling this mission together," said mission commander Jared Isaacman after the crew splashed down in the ocean.
Much of that complexity revolved around the spacewalk.
SpaceX needed to develop and test its own extravehicular activity (EVA) suit, for example, and modify Polaris Dawn's Crew Dragon capsule, named Resilience, for the occasion.
Such modifications included installing a new hatch structure called Skywalker, which features a ladder, handholds and footholds.
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"Polaris Dawn we are mission complete.
Thanks for all the big help pulling this mission together," said mission commander Jared Isaacman after the crew splashed down in the ocean.
Much of that complexity revolved around the spacewalk.
SpaceX needed to develop and test its own extravehicular activity (EVA) suit, for example, and modify Polaris Dawn's Crew Dragon capsule, named Resilience, for the occasion.
Such modifications included installing a new hatch structure called Skywalker, which features a ladder, handholds and footholds.
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