Published 09/15/2024 8:19:51 a.m.

Polaris Dawn: Billionaire returns to Earth after first private spacewalk

On Thursday, ISSACMAN and GILLIS completed the first commercial spacewalk, performing spacesuit mobility tests and reaching 870 miles, the farthest women have traveled from Earth.
ISSACMAN became the 264th person to perform a spacewalk, while GILLIS became the 265th, marking a milestone as all previous spacewalks were by professional astronauts.
The spacewalk lasted under two hours, significantly shorter than those at the International Space Station, with the Dragon capsule’s hatch open for barely a half-hour.

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The Epoch Times

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Returns to Earth After First Commercial Space Walk

The history-making crew of SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn has landed safely back on Earth. Completing a successful five-day mission and reaching the furthest orbit since Apollo 17’s moon flight in 1972, the four-member crew splashed down early Sunday morning off the Florida Coast, as planned. The Crew Dragon capsule landed in the Gulf of Mexico off Dry Tortugas, Florida, at 3:37 a.m. EDT. All four of the spacecraft’s main parachutes deployed successfully…

09/15/2024 12:22:19 p.m.·New York, United States

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Anadolu Ajansı

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn crew returns to Earth after historic mission

Polaris Dawn Mission crew lands safely in Gulf of Mexico after first-ever commercial spacewalk and highest human orbit since Apollo program - Anadolu Ajansı

09/15/2024 11:37:21 a.m.

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India Today

Polaris Dawn astronauts return safely after historic five-day space mission

The crew, led by billionaire philanthropist Jared Isaacman, included mission pilot Scott "Kidd" Poteet and mission specialists Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis. (Photo: SpaceX)

09/15/2024 7:38:38 a.m.·India

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Al Jazeera

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn returns to Earth after first private spacewalk

SpaceX capsule splashes down in Gulf of Mexico near Florida after historic mission, carrying tech billionaire and crew.

09/15/2024 4:24:33 p.m.·Qatar

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El Pais

The 'Polaris Dawn' mission returns successfully, the great leap for private space exploration

The four commercial astronauts of the Polaris Dawn mission have returned to Earth, after successfully landing in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, next to the Dry Turtle National Park (Florida, USA) at 9:37 CET. After an hour of de-orbiting maneuvers and re-entering the atmosphere, the Resilience capsule went from orbiting the Earth at 27,000 kilometers per hour to landing at bike speed. With that gentle landing, thanks to the deployment of four…

09/15/2024 8:38:17 a.m.·Spain

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France24

Polaris Dawn: Billionaire returns to Earth after first private spacewalk

A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA’s moonwalkers. SpaceX’s capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida's Dry Tortugas in the predawn darkness, carrying tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, two SpaceX engineers and a former Air Force Thunderbird pilot.

09/15/2024 1:13:21 p.m.·France

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