Elon Musk's SpaceX Polaris Dawn Makes History with First-Ever Private Spacewalk

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Get ready for an exciting journey as SpaceX Polaris Dawn, the first-ever private spacewalk, takes off! Led by fintech billionaire Jared Isaacman, this mission marks a significant milestone in the commercial space industry. The four-member crew, including SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis, embarked on a spacewalk amidst their five-day mission, 120 miles above Earth. Experience this thrilling event as SpaceX's next-generation spacesuits undergo stress testing and crucial experiments are conducted on contact lenses with embedded microelectronics. Don't miss out on this groundbreaking achievement!

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Title: **Billionaire Astronaut Completes First Private Spacewalk
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American billionaire Jared Isaacman has become the first person to perform a private spacewalk, reaching 460 miles above Earth.
The Polaris Dawn mission, operated by SpaceX, carried four private citizens, including SpaceX engineers Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis.
The crew tested SpaceX's new spacewalking suits and orbited higher than the International Space Station and Hubble Space Telescope.
Jared Isaacman, a tech entrepreneur and founder of Shift4 Payments, called Earth 'a perfect world' during the mission.

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