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Millions spent on first civilian spacewalk

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Publish Date
Fri, 13 Sep 2024, 10:52am
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from Launch Complex 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 10, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from Launch Complex 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 10, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Millions spent on first civilian spacewalk

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 13 Sep 2024, 10:52am

For the first time ever, civilians have stepped out into space. 

Billionaire Jared Isaacman and company crew trainer Sarah Gillis have achieved the first commercial spacewalk outside their SpaceX capsule while in orbit. 

The pair were testing new spacesuits, designed to be low-cost and easy-to-manufacture for future missions flying to the Moon or Mars. 

US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that the mission is likely to have tallied into the hundreds of millions of dollars. 

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