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SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn completed the first private spacewalk


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After depressurizing SpaceX’s Dragon capsule, the billionaire funding the mission, Jared Isaacman, emerged from the spacecraft early Thursday morning. The two other privately trained Polaris Dawn astronauts, SpaceX engineer Anna Menon and retired US Air Force fighter pilot Scott Poteet, stayed inside the capsule. In addition to making history with the first commercial spacewalk, the Polaris Dawn crew also reached a higher orbit than any other astronauts since the Apollo missions.

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