Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman conducting first-ever private spacewalk
became the first civilian to start a spacewalk early Thursday — after already traveling the farthest from Earth a human being has gone since the Apollo moon missions.Isaacman, 41, popping out of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule on a tether as he came face to face with the dark vacuum of space just before 7 a.m.
Prior to popping open the hatch and emerging, Isaacman and his three crew members were spotted waiting inside until the capsule was completely depressurized. It comes after SpaceX suddenly delayed the planned start of the spacewalk by a few hours. No explanation was immediately given for the delay, but the company said via X that “all systems are looking good.”
A longer, untethered spacewalk was not possible because only NASA suits are currently equipped with jetpacks that can guide an astronaut back to safety.Isaacman, the CEO and founder of the credit card processing company Shift4, has paid for three trips to the stars with SpaceX.Gills was scheduled to join Isaacman on the spacewalk, which previously has been the exclusive domain of professional astronauts.
Isaacman, who has not publicly stated how much his SpaceX trips cost, was among the first group of tourists who flew to space in 2021.
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