Polaris Dawn live: Billionaire to attempt world’s first private spacewalk from SpaceX Dragon
On Thursday morning, two crew members of SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission will attempt the first ever privately-funded spacewalk.Billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX employee Sarah Gillis plan to step out of their Crew Dragon spacecraft at 5:58am ET (10:58am BST) for a two hour float in space at an orbit of 700 kilometres – nearly double the altitude of the International Space Station.