The Polaris Dawn mission by SpaceX has made history as one of its crew members completed the first-ever spacewalk by an amateur astronaut.
Jared Isaacman, a billionaire who funded and led the mission, stepped out of the spacecraft to perform the spacewalk, followed by engineer and mission specialist Sarah Gillis, who was once a violinist.
The crew aimed to test SpaceX’s new Extravehicular Activity (EVA) spacesuits, which were specially designed by a costume designer known for working on superhero movies. This marks the first commercial and privately-funded space mission to complete a spacewalk, as SpaceX is a business, not a government agency like NASA.
The mission still has two days left of its five-day journey, during which the spacecraft will remain 700 km above Earth before returning home. Even though only two crew members actually stepped outside, all four had to wear the EVA suits because the spacecraft’s hatch stayed open, exposing everyone to the vacuum of space.
Experts have praised the crew’s performance, with science correspondent Pallab Ghosh noting that they “carried out their mission like pros.” Dr. Simeon Barber of the Open University commented that SpaceX’s success makes it “a real force to be reckoned with.”
After the spacewalk, SpaceX confirmed that everything went as planned, and the crew was safe and sound.
wow that sounds scary what if a sea moster got them and there dead
That’s sick bro, also i’m in the titanic rn i’ll let you guys in.
All I did was get some vocab from this
what thats scery and cool
is it a brake down or what.What if they catch rabies
250,000 that is expensive !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
WOW that is cool but i would not want to be down there
hmmmmmm huant much? also WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE 4 DAYS!!!!!!?
lets all pray they can be found
Lets all hope they are alright and saved
Guys say RIP in chat
I think that this is very scary and i hope that they will find the people in the submarine!
I think that the people won’t have much hope of survival because they only have a day left
i hope they survive
That would be scary
I hope those people are ok.
That is so interesting and cool!
I heard about this on the new crazy!
This is so interesting!
RIP there dead they are not coming up
oh no i hope they are found and i hope that there arent any childs on there
I wonder if they will be found in time
Oh my what if they perished!
oh no! thats sad along with the titanic
5 people that died from an implode seems sad, but it could be worse. they were lucky it was quick or they might of sufficated to death. but I will point it out, they did know it wasn’t tested and they knew it was a dangerous decision.
My friend was updating me on it last night and it turns out, they imploded. Rest in pieces. I meant rest in peace.