From left, Scott Poteet, Anna Menon, Sarah Gillis, and Jared Isaacman are set to conduct the first private spacewalk. Gillis and Isaacman will exit their Dragon capsule float above the Earth in new spacesuits from the commercial spaceflight company SpaceX. John Kraus/Polaris Program
John Kraus/Polaris Program
A SpaceX rocket lifted off early Tuesday morning carrying four astronauts who hope to conduct the world’s first commercial spacewalk. The launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida marks the beginning of one of SpaceX’s highest-stakes missions yet.
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