Billionaire aviator Jared Isaacman stepped out of the Dragon spacecraft, which was flying at an altitude of more than 700 kilometers above the Earth's surface at a speed of more than 25 thousand km/h. Within a few minutes, he successfully returned. Previously, only astronauts funded by the governments of various countries had gone into outer space.
Following him into outer space was Sarah Gillis, a SpaceX lead engineer. The live broadcast could be watched on the X social network. Two other members of the completely private crew — Anna Menon and el salvador phone number material Scott “Kidd” Pott — remained inside the ship. But they also had to find themselves in an airless space, since Dragon does not have an airlock and to exit into space, the hatch had to be opened wide.
Before going into outer space, the suit was tested, this happened during the Dragon flight between Australia and Antarctica.
Polaris Dawn is one of three planned missions in the Polaris program, which has received support from the head of billionaire company Shift4 Payments Jared Isaacman. Private astronauts will stay in orbit for five days, conducting 36 scientific experiments on the effects of space and radiation on human health.
The reusable Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four tourists launched into orbit two days ago. The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft launched on September 10.
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