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Watch live as SpaceX crew carry out first-ever commercial spacewalk

A group of astronauts led by a billionaire commander has completed the first ever privately funded spacewalk - in a highly risky mission. Watch and follow live updates of the SpaceX mission below.

She has yet to offer any awed remarks on the dramatic nature of her surroundings, but did just say something was "pretty good" - although perhaps that was a reference to an element of the mobility tests she is carrying out. Jared Isaacman is back inside the capsule, with Sarah Gillis due to exit and carry out the same mobility tests. Among the communications we can hear with mission control, Mr Isaacman tells them as he tests his spacesuit: "The handsfree demonstration is very comparable to the trainer, in terms of the foot restraint."

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