C’is a first. SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission commander Jared Isaacman and company employee Sarah Gillis briefly ventured outside their spacecraft on Thursday, September 12, in what was the first private spacewalk in history.
In a live video feed from the company, the American billionaire emerged first from the capsule in his white and gray spacesuit, holding onto a metal structure installed on the capsule for the occasion. “It’s beautiful,” he said, as he hovered about 700 kilometers (430 miles) above the ground, much higher than the International Space Station (ISS), which hovers at a height of 400 kilometers (250 miles).
Commander @rookisaacman has egressed Dragon and is going through the first of three suit mobility tests that will test overall hand body control, vertical movement with Skywalker, and foot restraint pic.twitter.com/XATJQhLuIZ
— SpaceX (@SpaceX)
Sarah Gillis then took over, and also made moves to test SpaceX’s brand new suits, the first intended for spacewalks – one of the mission’s main objectives. She then in turn returned to the interior of the ship to prepare to close the hatch.
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