The Washington Post reports, “Jared Isaacman performed the first spacewalk by a private citizen early Thursday, with a live broadcast that showed him popping his head and torso out of the hatch of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule and performing a series of maneuvers near the capsule. He was followed by Sarah Gillis, a SpaceX engineer who is part of the four-person, all-civilian crew and also floated outside the spacecraft while tethered and holding on to handrails. The spacewalk was originally scheduled for 2:23 a.m. Eastern time Thursday but was pushed back to just before 7, when Isaacman exited the hatch. Isaacman and Gillis spent several minutes each outside the capsule.”
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Astronauts Make First Spacewalk Outside China’s New Space Station
The Washington Post reported that on Sunday, Chinese astronauts Liu Boming and Tang Hangbo “made the first spacewalk outside China’s new orbital station to set up cameras and other equipment using a 15-meter-long (50-foot-long) robotic arm.” Liu and Tang “spent nearly seven hours outside the station, the Chinese space agency said.” Space News reported that a “second spacewalk is planned to be conducted during the three-month-long Shenzhou-12 expedition to Tianhe.”
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