SpaceX Polaris Dawn Crew Completes First-ever Private Spacewalk

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At 737 km (at its highest point), SpaceX Crew Dragon(a.k.a. Resilience) was depressurized, then mission commander Jared Isaacman and mission specialist Sarah Gillis exited into the void one at a time, with Isaacman popping out at about 1048 UTC, and Gillis following at 1104 UTC. Pilot Scott "Kidd" Poteet" and mission specialist Anna Menon worked from inside the Dragon, all 4 exposed to the vacuum of space. The spacewalk started at 1012 UTC, The Dragon hatch was closed at about 1114 UTC) as SpaceX began repressurizing the spacecraft. The entire spacewalk lasted one hour and 46 minutes, from 1012 UTC to 1158 UTC

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