On September 12, 2024, SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn astronauts completed the first-ever commercial spacewalk. The historic moment when Commander Jared Isaacman and Mission Specialist Sarah Gillis each crawled out of their space capsules above Earth was livestreamed. You can now see a new perspective of the mission in photos. Share with Polaris Program.
The four-person crew flew 1,375 miles above Earth, the highest orbit reached since NASA’s Apollo mission, aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule called Resilience. Isaacman and Gillis were joined on the mission by medical officer Anna Menon and mission pilot Scott “Kid” Poteet, who remained aboard the spacecraft during the spacewalk. crew Spent 5 days in orbit It will conduct research and experiments before safely landing off the coast of Florida.
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