Polaris Dawn: SpaceX Mission Astronauts Complete First Private Spacewalk in History

Bill Nelson, administrator of NASA, said in a statement that the spacewalk ’represents a giant leap forward for the commercial space industry.’

Astronauts on Sept. 12 performed the first private spacewalk in history, exiting SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule as it orbited hundreds of miles above Earth.

Billionaire Jared Isaacman, 41, exited the depressurized capsule at about 6:52 a.m. Eastern time during the Polaris Dawn mission, which launched from Florida on Sept. 10. The walk was delayed for several hours for unexplained reasons.