SpaceX's first commercial spacewalk and the first EVA using its spacesuits have taken place, nearly eclipsing yesterday's altitude record.
First commercial spacewalk – Polaris Dawn performs EVA with SpaceX Dragon
The four astronauts on the Polaris Dawn mission completed a pre-breathing process before donning their suits to depress the Crew Dragon capsule. The commander, Jared Isaacman, was the first of two astronauts to venture outside the capsule after a few tugs on the spacecraft hatch to open it.
While gripping handrails on the nose of the capsule, Isaacman performed mobility checks on SpaceX's EVA suit, which had inflated slightly during the depressurization process but was still much less bulky than the spacesuits used by the Space Shuttle and Apollo astronauts.
Jared Isaacman emerges from the nose of the SpaceX Crew Dragon with Earth in the background (Image: SpaceX livestream)
