A US business tycoon has initiated the debut private spacewalk with the ambition of reaching farther than any human since the Apollo Moon expeditions by NASA. The space voyage was undertaken by tech mogul Jared Isaacman, who blasted off on Tuesday from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for the Polaris Dawn journey, accompanied by two SpaceX engineers and an ex-Air Force Thunderbirds aviator.
SpaceX and Isaacman are sharing the expenditure including the development and trial of new extravehicular activity suits (spacesuits), the performance of which will be evaluated. The spacewalk will involve mission commander Isaacman exiting the Dragon spacecraft, conducting various mobility evaluations in the cutting-edge spacesuit, and then reboarding the spacecraft.
Secondly, Sarah Gillis, the mission specialist, will replicate the same sequence of tasks, and upon re-entry into the Dragon craft, she will seal the hatch. Throughout the operation, essential support systems will be closely monitored by mission pilot Kidd Poteet and mission specialist cum medical officer, Anna Menon.