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First civilians walk in space: Is the age of space tourism beginning?

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Fri, 13 Sep 2024, 9:18am
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft launches from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on September 10, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo by Paul Hennesy/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft launches from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on September 10, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo by Paul Hennesy/Anadolu via Getty Images)

First civilians walk in space: Is the age of space tourism beginning?

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 13 Sep 2024, 9:18am

Space milestones are only going to keep on coming, with the first ever commercial space walk mission. 

Billionaire Jared Isaacman and engineer Sarah Gillis have become the first civilians to walk in space.  

The Space X mission also put the total number of people currently in space to 19, tying the record set in 2021. 

Auckland University's Spacecraft Missions Director Chris Jackson told Ryan Bridge the number's only going to increase with SpaceX and NASA's future plans. 

He says they want to populate the Moon, which will put a lot more people in space across a lot of different places. 

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