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A billionaire and an engineer have completed the first private spacewalk

2024-09-16 12:12:08

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Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Sep 16, 2024
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Two astronauts have carried out the first-ever commercial spacewalk, using new less-bulky spacesuits designed by SpaceX. Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman (who also funded the mission) and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis together spent almost half an hour outside their spacecraft at an altitude of some 700 km, further from Earth than any human since the Apollo Moon landings. The brief jau