SpaceX Completes First Private Spacewalk, Paving Way for Mars Missions

The Polaris Dawn mission marks a significant milestone in commercial space exploration, testing new technologies crucial for future Mars colonization.

• Billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis successfully completed the first privately funded spacewalk on Thursday.
• The mission aims to advance SpaceX's technology, including next-generation spacesuits and laser communications, essential for future Mars missions.
• The astronauts reached an altitude of 870 miles, the highest for a crewed mission since the Apollo 17 moon mission in 1972.
• All four crew members were exposed to the vacuum of space due to the lack of an airlock in the Crew Dragon capsule.
• The mission includes nearly 40 experiments and is part of a series of three Polaris missions funded by Isaacman to support SpaceX's long-term goal of human colonization of Mars.

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