THE first private space mission in history successfully culminated on September 12, a date that is undoubtedly historic. And the man behind this ambitious project is the controversial Elon Musk, owner of Space. Polar Dawn. Two non-professional astronauts on a mission from space
Jared Isaacmana billionaire tech entrepreneur opened the ship’s hatch Crew Dragon Resilience at 10:50 UTC, after the ship had completely depressurized and he was equipped with a new spacesuit developed by Space X, which kept him connected by a “lifeline” inside the ship. for several minutes He remained outside to carry out various maneuvers, but always without leaving the hatch.
“Back home, we have a lot of work to do, but From here it seems like a perfect world.“I’m not going to be here,” Isaacman was heard saying as he looked into space and down at Earth from there at 6:52 a.m. on the U.S. East Coast (1052 GMT).
After going inside, it was the turn of Sarah GillisSenior Space Operations Engineer at SpaceXwho also performed various spacesuit fitness maneuvers for a few minutes before reentering. The other two crew members — pilot Scott Poteet and mission specialist and physician Anna Menon — remained in their seats, the report said. Ep..
The operation took place at an altitude of between 400 and 700 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, with the spacecraft traveling more than 25,000 kilometers above sea level.
Polaris Dawn took off on September 10 Cape Canaveral and in a few hours he managed to reach an altitude of 1,400 kilometers, the greatest distance traveled by a manned spacecraft since the time of the Apollo Missions on the Moon more than half a century ago.
The first private spacewalk by astronauts not from a government space agency was conducted after 40 minutes of preparation during which all kinds of testsincluding the use of a hand to control body movements or the safety of the footrest.
After completing all these tests, the ship’s hatch opened and Isaacman gradually emerged into space, and with him all those who followed his live broadcast, allowing us to contemplate a vivid and impressive vision of Earth.
The astronaut wore one of the suits tested during this mission, which features new improvements to protect astronauts from radiation and the extreme thermal environment of space.
After 10 minutes, the captain returned to the ship and at 7:05 a.m. US time (11:05 GMT), engineer Sarah Gillis began her departure.
Both were in constant contact with the ship during their journey through the handrails and rails added to the capsule for this purpose.
Although only two of them went into space, all four crew members, including pilot Scott Poteet, wore pressurized suits equipped with cameras, as the Dragon capsule does not have an airlock and, therefore, the entire capsule was depressurized before opening the hatch for the walk.
The spacewalk by the two astronauts was successfully completed at 07:58 US time (11:58 GMT).
